Kale Crunch Salad
Adapted from Serious Pie. Optional to just use garlic (with no onions or shallots). We use Dellalo brand Red Pepperazzi peppers.Kale Crunch Salad has flavors of garlic, shallots, pine nuts, sweet red peppers, and curly kale--with a lemon and Parmesan cheese dressing!
Ingredients
- 1 large bunch curly kale, or 2 small bunches, chopped
- ½ cup olive oil
- ½ cup onion, finely chopped
- 1 large shallot, finely chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, pressed or chopped
- ⅛ cup lemon juice
- ¾ cup Red Pepperazzi sweet peppers, quartered
- ½ cup shaved parmesan cheese
- ½ cup pinenuts
- ½ cup roasted almonds, finely chopped
Instructions
- Prepare the kale into small pieces and place in a large bowl; set aside.
- Simmer onion, shallots, garlic mixture in oil for 30 minutes over very low heat. Do not brown. Add chopped peppers and cook for 5 minutes. Cool the mixture.
- Add the oil and onion mixture to the large bowl of prepared kale. Add lemon juice and mix with hands until coated. Let the salad sit for 30 minutes.
- Add pine nuts, almonds and shaved Parmesan and toss; serve.
Notes
Reposted from March 2014.