Spinach salad with andouille dressing

1 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
½ pounds Ground andouille sausage or other pork
; sausage
1 cup Finely chopped onions
2 teaspoons Chopped garlic
1 / cup balsamic vinegar
½ cup Olive oil
1 cup Toasted walnut pieces
1 cup Toasted pecans
1 cup Toasted hazelnut pieces
Essence
6 ounces Goat's cheese
1 pounds Fresh baby spinach; cleaned and patted
; dry
1 cup Julienned red onions
Salt
Freshly ground black pepper

Directions

In a saucepan, over medium heat, brown the sausage, about 4 to 6 minutes.

Add the onions and garlic. Continue to cook for 3 minutes. Deglaze the pan with the vinegar, scrapping the bottom of the pan to remove any sausage that has stuck to the pan. Whisk in the oil. Remove from the heat and set aside. Using a mini-food processor, fitted with a metal blade, grind each nut separately. Season each nut with Essence. Form the cheese into 18 small balls, each ball about 1 tablespoon of cheese. Roll six of the balls of cheese in the ground walnuts. Roll six of the balls of cheese in the ground pecans. Finally, roll the remaining 6 balls of cheese in the hazelnuts. In a large mixing bowl, combine the spinach and red onions. Season with salt and pepper. Toss the spinach with the andouille dressing. Mound the salad in the center of each plate. Arrange each of the nut crusted balls of cheese around the spinach.

Yield: 6 servings

Recipe Courtesy Emeril Lagasse 1999 Converted by MC_Buster.

Per serving: 1024 Calories (kcal); 108g Total Fat; (93% calories from fat); 2g Protein; 16g Carbohydrate; 0mg Cholesterol; 6mg Sodium Food Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 3 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 21½ Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates

Recipe by: EMERIL LIVE SHOW #EMIC13 Converted by MM_Buster v2.0n.

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