Fire And Ice Salad Recipes

FIRE AND ICE TOMATOES

Steps:

• Place tomatoes and onion in a large heatproof nonreactive bowl. In a small saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, water, mustard seed and cayenne; bring to a boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring to dissolve sugar; pour carefully over tomato mixture. Cool completely., Stir in cucumber. Refrigerate, covered, overnight.

FIRE AND ICE SALAD

Steps:

• 1. Combine vegetables in a large shallow bowl and toss to distribute.
• 2. Mix up a dressing of the vinegar, water and sugar and put in saucepan. Add spices. Bring to a boil and stir until sugar dissolves, up to five minutes.
• 3. Cool dressing. Pour over vegetables, toss to mix and refrigerate. Make ahead several hours to allow flavors to penetrate vegetables.
• 4. Using a slotted spoon, drain the salad before serving.
• 5. You will always use a 1:1:1 ratio - 1 cup water, 1 sugar and 1 cup white vinegar, adjusting the spices as you increase the amount of dressing made.
• 6. If you like your cucumbers on the crunchier side, just wait and add the cucumbers right before serving!

FIRE & ICE SALAD

Steps:

• Mix dressing together and put it in a saucepan on the stove.
• Bring to a boil.
• Prepare the veggies and mix together in serving bowl.
• Pour hot dressing over top, stir, refrigerate, and allow to marinate at least 1 hour.
• Gets better if marinated overnight.
• Will keep for several days.

FIRE & ICE SALAD WITH CUCUMBERS & TOMATOES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine tomatoes, green pepper, jalapeno pepper, and sliced onion; set aside.
• In a saucepan, combine vinegar, sugar, mustard and celery seed, horseradish, salt, and hot pepper sauce, if using; bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute.
• Pour over vegetables.
• Let stand until mixture comes to room temperature, then stir in sliced cucumbers. Refrigerate for 2 hours.
• Drain just before serving.

FIRE AND ICE SALAD (PAPAYA SHRIMP SALAD)

Steps:

• In a ceramic bowl, combine the cooked rice, shrimp, and papaya.
• In a separate small bowl, combine the picante sauce, honey, pineapple juice, lime juice, ancho, cumin, basil, and olive oil; whisk together well to make the dressing.
• Pour the dressing over the rice mixture and toss well to coat.
• Chill for 1 hour.
• To serve, place butter lettuce leaves decoratively on a platter, place salad on the leaves, and serve.
• Note: the spicy-ness of this salad depends completely on the picante/salsa that you choose, because otherwise it does not contain any particularly spicy ingredients. Ancho chile powder is not very spicy at all - rather, it's smokey - so if you don't want it spicy, don't use picante/salsa that's too spicy for you.

FIRE-AND-ICEBERG SALAD

Steps:

• For the dressing, combine the garlic, tomato paste, both paprikas, honey, vinegar, and lemon juice in a small bowl, and stir to combine. Whisk in 6 tablespoons of the olive oil. Season with the cayenne, ¼ teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper. Pour the dressing into a small pitcher for serving at the table.
• To toast the walnuts, combine them with the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil and the tablespoon of butter in a small skillet set over medium-low heat. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, tossing regularly, until the walnuts are fragrant and have turned golden brown, about 5 minutes. Let the nuts cool.
• Tear the iceberg lettuce and the radicchio into bite-size pieces, and combine in a large salad bowl. Add the celery and the walnuts (cooking fat and all), and toss to combine. Sprinkle the blue cheese over the top and serve immediately, passing the dressing alongside.
• Note: For perfect crispness, let each person drizzle the dressing over his or her own salad. Tossing the iceberg with the dressing before it reaches the table causes the lettuce to wilt.