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The Salad My Guests Always Ask For: Strawberry Watermelon & Burrata
- Prep
- 25 min
- Total
- 25 min
- Serves
- 6
- Calories
- 350 kcal
Ingredients
- 4 cupscubed watermelon
- 2 cupsfresh strawberries, halved
- 1 cupsliced Persian cucumbers
- to tastefresh basil leaves, roughly torn
- to tastehandful fresh mint
- 8 ouncesburrata cheese, at room temperature
- 1/4 cuproasted pistachios, chopped
- 1/4 cupextra virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cupbalsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoonfig preserves/jam
- 1/4 cupfresh basil, chopped
- to tastekosher salt and black pepper
- 2 teaspoonshoney
- 1/2 teaspoonkosher salt
- 1red onion, thinly sliced
- 1serrano pepper, thinly sliced
Instructions
- 1
In a salad bowl, arrange the melon, strawberries, cucumber, and basil leaves.
- 2
To make the vinaigrette, combine all ingredients in a glass jar and shake, or whisk to combine. Season with salt and pepper.
- 3
Drizzle half the vinaigrette over the salad, gently tossing to coat.
- 4
Add the burrata, pistachios, and the remaining vinaigrette. Top the salad with additional herbs and pickled onions.
- 5
To make the pickled onions, combine the vinegar, honey, and salt in a glass jar. Add the onion and serrano pepper. Cover and let sit at least 30 minutes or up to 2 weeks in the fridge.