Salad and Salad Dressing Recipes
Spinach Salad with Honey Mustard Dressing
Ingredients
Salad
- 8 cups fresh spinach coarsely torn or baby spinach
Mayonnaise
- 5 egg yolks
- 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
- 3 cups salad oil
- 1 lemon squeeze for juice
- 1 tablespoon boiling water
- 1/4 cup poppy seeds
Dressing
- 1/2 cup Dijon mustard
- 1 cup yellow mustard
- 1/2 cup honey
- 1 teaspoon fresh tarragon chopped
- 1 lemon
- 1 dash red wine vinegar
- 1 dash salt to taste
- 1 dash black pepper to taste
Garnishes
- Crumbled, cooked bacon
- Crumbled hard boiled eggs
- Sections of mandarin oranges
- French fried onion bits
- Toasted sunflower seeds
- Toasted pumpkin seeds
- Bean sprouts
- Champagne grapes
Instructions
Mayonnaise
- Whip 5 egg yolks with 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar, and the juice of one lemon, until frothy. SLOWLY add the 3 cups salad oil and 1 tablespoon boiling water while constantly whipping the mixture.
Dressing
- Take one quart of the mayonnaise you have made, and stir in the 2 types of mustard, 1/2 to 1 cup honey (adjust to your taste), tarragon, dash red wine vinegar, juice of one lemon, poppy seed, and salt/pepper to taste. Stir until thoroughly blended.
Garnishes
- Garnish with any of the garnishes desired.
Nutrition
Per serving: 896 Calories; 89g Fat (86% calories from fat); 6g Protein; 26g Carbohydrate; 133mg Cholesterol; 636mg Sodium
Attribution
Posted by Darlene at Recipe Goldmine 2/4/2002 2:45 pm.