Winter salad with mango sauce, a great ally for our health, a detox recipe.
My winter salad is made with variegated Castelfranco radicchio, which I choose because my family doesn’t like strong flavors, and this vegetable is sweet and very delicate.
With oranges that are an important source of vitamins, particularly vitamin C, A, B1, B2, and therefore, in winter, are always a great choice to protect our health.
If you are interested in learning more about the benefits of consuming this fruit, I leave you an interesting article from Humanitas Research Hospital.
In my salad, apples are also present. To know the benefits of this fruit, I refer you to an in-depth article.
Then again, the benefits of apples have always been known. Who hasn’t heard their grandparents say “An apple a day keeps the doctor away”.
Did you know that this saying seems to have first appeared in Wales in 1866, in a publication saying “Eat an apple on going to bed and you’ll keep the doctor from earning his bread” (eat an apple before going to bed and you’ll prevent the doctor from earning his bread). I found this curiosity on the National Library of Medicine site.
I finished with a few pieces of vegan feta. Write me in the comments if you want this recipe, obviously, anyone who wishes can replace it with the original Greek feta.
The cherry on top of this recipe is a fabulous mango sauce, truly delicious, which you can also use to accompany meat and fish, it goes very well with shrimp or salmon.
So, enough chatter, let’s make this winter salad with mango sauce, oh boy, it’s good.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 3
- Cooking methods: No Cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Winter
Ingredients
- 7 oz fresh baby lettuce
- 3.5 oz variegated Castelfranco radicchio
- 1 oranges
- 1/2 apple
- 1.75 oz feta (I used homemade vegan feta)
- 1/2 lime juice (to drizzle over the apple slices)
- to taste extra virgin olive oil
- 1 mango
- 1/2 lime juice
- 2 tsp honey
- 2 tbsps Dijon mustard
- to taste salt
- to taste paprika
Tools
Necessary to present the winter salad with mango sauce:
- 3 Bowls
- 3 Small Bowls
Steps
In the bowl, make a bed of baby lettuce.
Add the variegated Castelfranco radicchio to one-third of the bowl.
Slice an orange and arrange the slices to occupy two-thirds of the bowl.
Wash an apple, slice it into wedges, use half the juice of a lime to drizzle over the apple slices to prevent oxidation.
Finally, add the vegan feta (or the original Greek feta) cut into pieces.
Your winter salad will be ready after dressing it with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
Remove the skin from the fruit and cut it into pieces.
Place the mango pieces in a tall container, also adding mustard, honey, lime juice, and salt.
Blend everything with an immersion blender.
When all the ingredients are combined, transfer it to a small bowl and add the paprika, at this point the mango sauce will be ready.
I ate it with crackers, as a side to the salad.
But you can toast a slice of bread and spread it with this sauce.
Storage
You can store the salad bowls in the fridge for up to one day, covered with plastic wrap.
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FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
If I don’t want to use feta, what other cheese?
You can replace it with quartirolo.
How to replace Dijon mustard?
With wasabi, the taste changes a little, but it can be a good substitute.
Can the mango sauce be prepared in advance?
Sure, you can prepare it a few hours ahead.
How to store mango sauce?
It can be stored for up to one day in the fridge, in a sealed container.
