≡ Menu

Endive, Orange, and Avocado Salad

endive1.jpg

Now that farmers’ markets are fully stocked and hot weather is creeping up on us, I’ll be kissing my oven goodbye and putting it to sleep for a few months. I don’t know about you, but it costs us an arm and a leg to pump the A/C into our apartment enough that I don’t faint from oversweating; the last thing I want to do is make it harder for our little cooling engine that couldn’t. So long as I can hack it, I’ll be making salads regularly. Summer’s produce is fresh, juicy, flavorful, and tasty without any heat applied. Why make stew when tomatoes are perfect, yes perfect, with just some olive oil and salt? And when I’m making salads, I’m using avocados in almost every one of them.

endive2.jpg

endive3.jpg

A friend of mine calls avocados “god’s butter.” They’re smooth and creamy without being overly rich, and I could eat a whole one for breakfast lunch a snack. Just sprinkle a little fleur de sel on top and they’re good to go.

endive4.jpg

In this here salad, avocados really shine. Bitter, crunchy endive and sweet, tart, juicy oranges contrast the mellow richness of the avocado perfectly. You can take its dressing in all sorts of crazy directions, but the one I made was dead simple: orange muscat vinegar (a new pantry addition — absolutely fantastic!) and a couple drops of good quality olive oil. And of course, a bit of fleur de sel for those avocados. Feel free to use flaky salt if you don’t have fleur de sel.

endive5.jpg

Estimate 1/2 and avocado, 1 orange, and 1 endive per person; Separate the endive leaves from their base, halve them, stick them in a bowl with separated sections of orange (I used valencia seedless) and thick slices of avocado, and drizzle the dressing overtop. Finish with salt, and do enjoy these coming summer months.

endive6.jpg

Comments on this entry are closed.

  • Patricia Scarpin May 5, 2008,

    I love fresh and colorful salads like this one here.

  • Hillary May 5, 2008,

    Man…so simple but I bet it’s SO good! 🙂 I’m a firm believer in adding orange and avocado to salads.

  • anna May 5, 2008,

    I happened to click on tastespotting right after I finished practicing sectioning a couple of oranges, so thanks for this idea of what to do with them! I wouldn’t have thought to combine them with avocado but now I know what we’re having for dinner. 🙂

  • Heidi A. May 5, 2008,

    The photos are making my mouth water! And my husband came home yesterday from Costco with SIX huge avocados (for just the two of us). Not sure what he was thinking there. He was actually kind of sheepish about it. We’ll give this a go.

  • avis March 17, 2009,

    I made this last Friday and it was amazing. I may make it again this week and add poached salmon for a light and tasty lunch.

Next post:

Previous post: