Strawberry, Fig & Basil Salad made with Temecula Olive Oil Company Fresh Basil Olive Oil.
Ingredients
- 1 shallot, finely diced
- 2 TBSP Vanilla & Date Balsamic Vinegar
- 1 cup fresh sliced strawberries
- 4 ripe Black Mission Figs
- 1/2 Cup TOOC Fresh Basil Olive Oil
- 2 handfuls fresh arugula
- 3/4 C fresh flat leaf parsley
- 1/2 Cup fresh mint leaves
- 1 handful young, tender frisee
- Fresh cracked pepper to taste
- 2 ounces goat cheese, chilled
- Sea Salt to taste
Strawberry, Fig & Basil Salad
Preparation
Combine shallot and vinegar in a small bowl with a pinch of salt. Let stand for 10-15 minutes.
Trim fig stems, removing anything fibrous but preserving the teardrop shape. Cut into quarters lengthwise and set aside.
Whisk olive oil into the vinegar and shallot mixture. Combine the greens and herbs and gently toss with just enough vinaigrette to lightly coat.
Place the greens on a serving platter and nestle the fig quarters and strawberries around the greens. Crumble the goat cheese on top.
Drizzle any remaining vinaigrette over the fruit and cheese and serve immediately.
Yield: Serves 4
Temecula Olive oil Company
Our premier California extra virgin olive oil begins in our olive groves. And these trees grow incredible antioxidant-rich fruit. And from the moment our olive trees are planted to the day we hand harvest them for cold-press production, we know that only the best care will produce the finest fresh-squeezed extra virgin olive oils.
So we work hard to ensure that our products are the perfect marriage of good for you & good to you. Our Southern California olive ranch is on the same latitudinal line as the Mediterranean. And this provides us with the ideal climate & wonderful, warming sunlight to grow the finest olives & produce some of the most exquisite olive oil in the world.
Here at Temecula Olive Oil Company we take extraordinary measures to farm our family-owned groves in a regenerative manner with Kai-Zen agriculture practices. And we avoid pesticides or weed abatement practices that could be harmful to the environment. Additionally, we are proud to work with many family growers who are as passionate about the quality of their fruit and the resulting oil as we are. Because these relationships allow us to create all of the high-quality, proprietary blends that you have come to know and love.
