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Mango and Shallot Thanksgiving Salad
When I was a kid, there was only one sort of salad served by my Nana (mom's mom) at Thanksgiving Dinner. It was an avocado and grapefruit salad, and no matter what, that was always going to be the first thing served. My Nonna (dad's mom) served a small bowl of crystal clear brodo, a perfect chicken broth that all of the grease had been carefully strained out of. It looked so simple and plain but the flavor was unforgettable. She achieved that flavor with plentiful use of chicken feet.
She'd go around the table and pop the top for everyone with a church key. When we moved up to Sonoma full time a few years ago, the holiday cooking tasks settled on me. After all I was the one in the family who actually liked to cook. Of course I was then dealing with the one big problem of most family Thanksgivings: The menu never changes. It cannot. Those are the rules, so even if your family has only been here a few years, or a few centuries, when it comes to the Thanksgiving menu, it's as though they were there at that very first Thanksgiving and "dammit that's was what they served! "
After a few Thanksgivings of canned fruit cocktail and a "please shoot me" attitude, I decided to take things into my own hands and make my own menu. Since most of the family likes salad, I decided to serve a salad but not the kind of salad they were used to getting. I've used pears and walnuts, persimmons and almonds, pomegranate pips and arugula in various combos, all with good results. But I finally came up with a salad that allows me to put a bit of Indian flavor in the Thanksgiving table.
Caramelized Mango and Shallot Salad
Here's What You Need:
- 2 large mangoes cut into bite sized cubes or a bag of frozen and defrosted mango
- 3 large shallots thinly sliced
- 1 Tbs of brown mustard seeds
- Mixed salad greens
- 2 Tbs of Mango Balsamic Vinegar
- 4 Tbs of Arbequina olive oil. (I used California Olive Ranch)
- 1/4 cup of finely chopped pistachios
- salt to taste
- 1 dried red chili
- 2 Tbs olive oil for sauteeing
Here's what to do:
Heat 2 Tbs of olive oil in a skillet.
When the oil is hot add in the mustard seeds.
When they start to pop, toss in the shallots and the dried red chili.
Saute the shallots until they start to brown and caramelize.
Add in the cubed mango.
Stir them around and cook them down until they soften and darken a bit.
Take the mixture off the stove put it into a bowl and set it aside.
In a separate bowl mix together 2 tbs of mango balsamic vinegar and 4 tbs of Arbequina olive oil.
Mix it together well.
When it's all blended together, add salt to taste.
Mix the oil and vinegar into the washed and dried salad greens.
Place a portion of salad greens on every plate.
Place a pportion of the mango shallot mustard seed mixture on top of the dressed greens.
Sprinkle a dash of finely chopped pistachio over each serving.
There it is, a simple easy to fix salad. Is it traditional? By my familys' rules, a big N.O. Is it delicious? Yes. Sweet and spicy it goes great with most everything one might find on the Turkey Day table.
I'm not cooking my usual Thanksgiving Day feast this Thursday as we'll be eating with Fran over at rehab, but come Saturday night it's a friend's Thanksgiving at our house and I'm itching to get back in to the kitchen again. Coming up next, some old and new holiday favorites for celebrating. Follow along on Twitter @kathygori