Cooking With Honey – Mixed Greens With Honey Oregano Vinaigrette And Crispy Prosciutto

August 16, 2013
 
Cooking With Honey – Mixed Greens With Honey Oregano Vinaigrette And Crispy Prosciutto
 


For the last two months I’ve been traveling the East Coast attending Bee Meetings and visiting adult children. It’s been lots of fun although I feel a bit like a long haul trucker.

I’ve visited the Biltmore Estate in North Carolina, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater in Pennsylvania, and the beehive/kitchen garden at the White House in Washington DC. I’ll be posting about my trips over the next few weeks.

Of course I’ve been eating and drinking along the way !! One of my favorite meals was at Nonna’s Italian in West Chester, Pennsylvania, where I had one of the best salads I’ve ever tasted. Not surprisingly, the original recipe calls for honey!!

Whether you make this salad as a prelude to a meal or for the meal itself, I guarantee you will enjoy it!!

Yield:  10 servings

Dressing:
2-3 cloves garlic, chopped fine
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
2-3 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
1 teaspoon honey
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
1/4 teaspoon black or red pepper, depending on your taste
3/4 cup olive oil


Directions:
Place all ingredients in lidded jar and shake until combined. Let stand for up to two hours for flavors to blend.

Crispy Prosciutto:
Twelve slices prosciutto.
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line two rimmed baking sheets with parchment paper. Divide prosciutto between baking sheets, laying them flat. Bake until fat turns golden and meat is darker, about 15 minutes (rotating baking sheets from top to bottom halfway through baking time). Using tongs, carefully transfer prosciutto to paper towels to drain (it will crisp as it cools). Crispy prosciutto can be used like bacon, in whole pieces or crumbled.

Salad:
Twelve cups mixed greens
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced red onion, separated into rings
12 small/cherry tomatoes, sliced into quarters
1 tablespoon capers
1/4 cup sliced and pitted kalamata olives
12 slices crispy prosciutto, crumbled fine.

Directions:
Mix well and serve with Italian bread and olive oil.
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Thanks to: http://romancingthebee.com/

Looks delicious !  I must try

Sounds great, but I think the closet place one might be able to buy prosciutto around here would be a 6 hour round trip drive.  Makes that already expensive prosciutto VERY expensive.  The downside to country living, sigh.