Caramelized Apple Salad With Spicy Orange Vinaigrette

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 cups orange juice
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons red onions, coarsely chopped
• 1 jalapeno pepper, coarsely chopped
• 1 teaspoon dried ancho chile powder
• 3/4 cup olive oil
• 1 tablespoon honey
• salt and pepper
• 2 granny smith apples, peeled, cored and quartered
• 1 cup watercress
• 1 cup frisee
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 cup walnuts
• 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled

Recipe

• 1 for the vinaigrette:.
• 2 place orange juice in a small nonreactive pan over high heat and cook until reduced to 1/4 cup.
• 3 place reduce orange juice, vinegar, onion, jalapeno and ancho chili powdeer in a blender and blend until smooth. with the motor running, slowly add the olive oil until emulsified.
• 4 add honey and the salt and pepper to taste.
• 5 for the apple salad:.
• 6 heat 3/4 cup of the spicy orange vinaigrette in a medium saute pan, over medium high heat. add the apples, cut-side down and saute until golden brown. turn over and saute until just cooked trough, 1 to 2 minutes.
• 7 place the water cress and fresee in a medium bowl and toss with a few tablespoons of the remaining spicy orange vinagirettte, season with salt and pepper and divide among 4 plates.
• 8 arrange 2 apple quarters on each plate, garanish with walnuts and feta cheese and drizzle with some of the remaining vinaigrette.