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Overhead view of a radicchio salad bowl with orange segments, white beans, goat cheese and chopped hazelnuts on linen

Radicchio Orange Salad Bowl with Toasted Hazelnuts

A radicchio salad bowl with orange segments, shaved fennel, white beans, goat cheese and toasted hazelnuts, tossed in a honey-orange dressing. Ready in 30 minutes.
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Italian-Inspired
Calories: 173

Ingredients
  

Salad
  • 1 radicchio large head (about 300 g); quartered and cored
  • 3 navel oranges large; 2 for segments, 1 for juice
  • 1 fennel bulb small (about 200 g); fronds saved for topping
  • 1/4 red onion small (about 40 g); thinly sliced
  • 1 can cannellini beans (400 g / 14 oz); drained and rinsed
  • 60 g hazelnuts (1/2 cup)
  • 80 g goat cheese crumbled
  • 1 l ice and cold water for soaking the radicchio
Dressing
  • 60 ml orange juice (1/4 cup); from the third orange
  • 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil (45 ml)
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1/2 tsp kosher salt
  • 1/4 tsp black pepper freshly ground

Method
 

  1. Toast the hazelnuts in a dry 24 cm / 10-inch skillet over medium heat for 4 to 5 minutes, shaking the pan often, until they smell toasty and the edges turn golden. Tip them onto a plate right away, because they keep darkening in the hot pan and burnt hazelnuts taste bitter. Cool for 5 minutes, rub off the loose skins in a clean towel, then chop roughly.
  2. Slice the top and bottom off 2 oranges, then cut away the peel and white pith, following the curve of the fruit. Cut between the membranes over a bowl to release the segments, then squeeze the membranes over the same bowl. Juice the third orange and measure 60 ml / 1/4 cup. In the jar, shake that juice with the olive oil, vinegar, Dijon, honey, salt and pepper.
  3. Quarter the radicchio, cut out the core, and slice the leaves into 1 cm ribbons. Submerge them in a large bowl of ice water. Shave the fennel as thin as you can and slice the onion. Toss both with half the dressing in the 3-quart / 2.8 L salad bowl, then leave everything to sit for 10 minutes.
  4. Drain the radicchio and dry it in a salad spinner or between clean towels. Add it to the fennel bowl along with the beans, orange segments and remaining dressing. Toss gently, then divide among 4 bowls. Top with the goat cheese, hazelnuts and fennel fronds, and serve within 20 minutes.

Notes

  • Soak sliced radicchio in ice water for 10 minutes, then dry it well.
  • Pull the hazelnuts from the skillet at the first toasty smell.
  • Toss and serve within 20 minutes of dressing for the best crunch.
  • Add the goat cheese and hazelnuts only after the bowls are plated.