Best Recipe for Bibb and Butternut Salad with Pumpkin Seeds, Cracklings and Cranberry Vinaigrette
Ingredients
- 1 large butternut squash
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, peeled and chopped
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1 tablespoon Madras curry powder
- 1 tablespoon cayenne pepper
- Salt and pepper
- 3 heads Boston Bibb lettuce
- 1 head frisee lettuce
- 1 cup olive oil
- 1 cup trimmed turkey skin, torn into pieces
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 cup frozen cranberries
- 1 cup orange juice
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cinnamon stick
- 1/4 cup sherry vinegar
- 1 shallot, finely diced
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seed oil, plus more for drizzling
- 1/2 cup shaved Parmesan
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 500 degrees F.
- Peel and seed squash. Slice and toss with extra-virgin olive oil and chopped garlic. Roast for 8 to 10 minutes and remove from heat and cool. Melt butter in a large skillet and then toast the pumpkin seeds in the pan. Season with curry, cayenne and salt. Pick and wash the leaves of the Bibb lettuce and frisee.
- Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat until it reaches 350 degrees F. Carefully drop turkey skin into oil and deep-fry until crisp and golden. Remove and drain on paper towels.
- Combine both cranberries, orange juice, sugar and cinnamon stick in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer the cranberries for 1 hour or until the juice has thickened to a nape. Remove 2 cups of the finished cranberry sauce and whisk in the vinegar, the shallots and the pumpkin seed oil.
- In a large bowl, toss the lettuces, squash, seeds, and cracklings with the vinaigrette. Garnish the plate with pumpkin seed oil and Parmesan.
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