Winter Kale Salad
Dive into a winter wonderland of flavours with our Winter Kale Salad Recipe. Featuring a blend of vibrant greens, smoky sweet potatoes and a unique Spruce Vinaigrette that adds an enchanting touch to your holiday table.
Serves 4
- kale, julienned – 10oz
- frisee – 2oz
- spruce vinaigrette – 4 fl. oz
- amarena cherries, ¼’d – 30 pieces
- smoked maple-glazed sweet potato – 30 pieces
- mint – 8 leaves
- toasted hazelnuts – 2 oz
- cocoa powder – 8g
- spruce vinegar – 1.5 cups
- spruce syrup – 0.75 cups
- canola oil – 375 mL
- olive oil – 125 mL
- mustard dijon (red lid) – 1 tblsp
- sumac – 1 tsp
- salt to taste
- sweet potatoes – 6 each
- smoked maple – 0.5 L
- olive oil – 25 mL
- salt – 5g
- black pepper – 2g
- spruce – 5 sprigs
- red peppercorns – 1tsp
- vinegar, white – 2 cups
- spruce – 5 sprigs
- red peppercorns – 1tsp
- water – 2 cups
- sugar, white – 2 cups
- Step 1
Blend all ingredients (except canola oil).
- Step 2
Slowly add canola oil to the mixture; be sure to add slowly to ensure proper emulsification.
- Step 3
Salt to taste.
- Step 1
Dice sweet potatoes into perfect cubes and set aside trimmings for soups.
- Step 2
In a large stainless steel bowl, toss diced sweet potatoes with olive oil, salt and pepper.
- Step 3
Roast sweet potatoes in the oven at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15 minutes.
- Step 4
Once cool, put sweet potatoes into a container and pour smoked maple over top until sweet potatoes are completely covered.
- Step 1
Bring vinegar to a boil and pour over spruce and peppercorns in a container, being sure to let it steep like a tea.
- Step 2
Leave in the fridge overnight.
- Step 1
Bring water and sugar to a boil to create a simple syrup.
- Step 2
Pour over spruce and peppercorns in a container, being sure to let it steep like tea.
- Step 3
Leave in the fridge overnight.
- Step 1
Toss kale, frisee and spruce vinaigrette into a bowl, mixing thoroughly, being sure to massage kale.
- Step 2
Using a ring mold, plate salad mixture around the exterior of the ring mold to form a “wreath” shape.
- Step 3
Using a sieve, dust the salad and vacant center with the cocoa dust. Arrange the remaining ingredients evenly on top of the greens.
- Step 4
Arrange the remaining ingredients evenly on top of the greens.
