Warm Spinach Salad With Currants And Walnuts

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WARM SPINACH SALAD WITH CURRANTS AND WALNUTS

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Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:00
Categories : Salads Vegetables
Holiday Fruits
Nuts

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method
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-ELAINE RADIS BGMB90B
2 lb Spinach -- stemmed, washed
-well and spun dry.
1 c Walnut pieces
1/2 c Currants
1 sm Red onion -- thinly sliced
Freshly ground pepper -- to
-taste
-----DRESSING-----
1/2 c White wine vinegar -- good
-quality
2 ts Dijon mustard
2 tb Sugar
2 tb Heavy cream
3/4 c Olive oil -- more or less
-to taste

Place the spinach, walnuts, currants and red onion in
a large salad bowl. In a sauce pan, add the salt,
pepper, vinegar, mustard and sugar and heat to
simmering while whisking occasionally. Whisk in the
heavy cram and then the olive oil in a steady stream.
Taste for seasoning and add more salt or pepper if
necessary. Cool.

Just before serving time, pour the over the salad
mixture and toss together. Serve immediately!

ELAINE'S NOTE: I would prepare separately and bring
in different containers.

Source: THE BOSTON GLOBE; November, 1993



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