Winter may seem bleak at times, but you can help beat the winter blahs and boost your spirits with this bright and cheery Burrata, Grapefruit & Red Leaf Lettuce Salad.
This winter salad features a unique combination of ingredients. Delicate burrata, bitter-sweet pink grapefruit, tender red leaf lettuce, sweet-tart golden berries, crunchy roasted hazelnuts and tangy passion fruit dressing create a perfect combination of texture and flavor for a salad. This one will definitely add pizazz to your lunch or dinner.
Serve this Burrata, Grapefruit & Red Leaf Lettuce Salad as a light lunch entrée or as a side dish for grilled chicken, turkey or salmon.
Main Salad Ingredients
Burrata is a fresh Italian cheese made from mozzarella and cream. It has delicate buttery flavor and pairs well with salads, olive oil and fresh crusty bread. “It’s actually a ball of mozzarella filled with cream and pieces of mozzarella—when you cut into it, the cream oozes out.” Read more about Burrata here.
You can buy Burrata in any Italian specialty food shop, well-stocked grocery store, gourmet market, or fromagerie (cheese shop).
Red Leaf Lettuce is one of my favorite leafy vegetables for its nutrition, versatility and attractive presentation. Tender and refreshing, it adds a burst of color to salads and sandwiches. I find this leaf almost melts in your mouth.
According to healthline.com, “Red leaf lettuce is a highly nutritious food. It’s especially rich in antioxidants and vitamins A and K. Additionally, it may help lower blood pressure, aid weight loss, and boost heart health.”
Pink Grapefruit with its gorgeous, luminous pink color also adds a bold citrus flavor to this salad. On top of it, it offers a wealth of health benefits helping our bodies thrive.
Grapefruit is an excellent source of vitamins A and C that help boost our immune system. It is low in calories but very rich in nutrients. As per medicalnewstoday.com, the nutrients grapefruit contains may help promote healthy skin and protect against various conditions. They may also play a role in weight maintenance.
Passion Fruit Dressing
Tangy and refreshing passion fruit dressing with a hint of tropical sweetness pairs well with this winter salad. It’s a nice interplay among the tenderness of the red leaf lettuce, sweetness & bitterness of the pink grapefruit and creaminess of the delicate burrata.
It’s also a wonderful dressing for grilled seafood, poultry and various deserts.
I recommend not to discard seeds as they contain plenty of dietary fiber and magnesium. Leaving the seeds in the dressing also adds visual appeal, particularly when drizzled over the burrata. When eaten with the seeds, passion fruit delivers an abundance of nutritional and health benefits ranging from antioxidant protection to the maintenance of healthy cardiovascular and intestinal systems. You can read more about passion fruit health benefits here.
Looking for more cheery and bright salads? Check these out:
Blackberry Kale Salad with Peach and Mango
Pear & Gorgonzola Salad with Arugula and Pomegranate
Burrata, Grapefruit & Red Leaf Lettuce Salad
Course: Appetizers, SaladsDifficulty: Easy2
servings10
minutes12
minutes387
kcal22
minutesWith an exquisite passion fruit dressing and a topping of roasted hazelnuts, this sweet & tangy Burrata, Grapefruit & Red Leaf Lettuce Salad will add pizazz to your lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
- Salad
1 1 Grapefruit
125 grams 125 Burrata
100 grams 100 Red leaf lettuce (3-4 cups)
1/2 cup 1/2 Goldenberries
1/3 cup 1/3 Raw hazelnuts
- Dressing
1 1 Passion fruit
1/2 tsp 1/2 Lemon zest
1 tbsp 1 Freshly squeezed lemon juice
1 tsp 1 sugar
2 tbsp 2 Extra virgin olive oil
Directions
- Prepare the ingredients
- Salad
- Place raw hazelnuts on a baking sheet in a single layer and roast at 350 degrees for 10 minutes or until lightly browned and fragrant. Let cool for 1 minute, then peel the skin by placing the hazelnuts in a clean kitchen towel and gently rubbing together. Discard the skins and halve the hazelnuts.
- Tear lettuce leaves from just above the base of the stalk and trim as desired.
- Halve the golden berries.
- Peel the grapefruit and separate the segments. Cut down the sides of each segment, following its natural line, and remove the skin and white pith.
- Dressing
- Zest and juice some lemon to get ½ tsp of lemon zest and 1 tbsp of lemon juice.
- Combine pulp of 1 passion fruit, 0.5-1 tsp sugar & 1 tsp water in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring until sugar dissolves.
- Decrease the heat to medium-low and simmer for 1 minute until thickened. Allow to cool for 1 minute.
- Stir in freshly squeezed juice, lemon zest and olive oil. Mix well and put aside.
- Assemble
- To assemble the salad, place lettuce leaves on one side of the platter first, followed by goldenberries and roasted hazelnuts.
Place pink grapefruit wedges on another side and burrata in the middle of the platter. Pour the dressing over the salad.
Notes
- If you are unable to find burrata, you can substitute buffalo milk mozzarella as an alternative.
- Passion Fruit dressing can be stored separately in the fridge up to 5 days.
Nutrition Facts
2 servings per container
- Amount Per ServingCalories387
- % Daily Value *
- Total Fat
24.29g
38%
- Saturated Fat 5.67g 29%
- Trans Fat 0.006g
- Cholesterol 18mg 6%
- Sodium 85mg 4%
- Potassium 524mg 15%
- Total Carbohydrate
24.93g
9%
- Dietary Fiber 6.8g 28%
- Sugars 11.82g
- Protein 24.3g 49%
- Vitamin A 239%
- Vitamin C 73%
- Calcium 67%
- Iron 11%
- Vitamin E 33%
- Vitamin K 110%
- Thiamin 20%
- Riboflavin 27%
- Niacin 7%
- Vitamin B6 23%
- Vitamin B12 24%
- Folate 16%
- Pantothenic Acid 13%
- Phosphorus 72%
- Magnesium 23%
- Zinc 39%
- Selenium 24%
- Copper 44%
- Manganese 68%
* The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.
Nutrition information is estimated. It is calculated using an online nutrition calculator based on recipe ingredients as inputs. Accuracy is dependent on the calculator. It is not intended as a professional nutritionist’s advice.
