Citrus Salad with Toasted Seeds and Pine Nuts

lettuce, orange, vinegar, sesame, pine nuts, sunflower seeds, lemon, shallot, tarragon, dijon mustard

Ingredients

3 tablespoons sunflower seeds
3 tablespoons sesame seeds
3 tablespoons pine nuts
1 tablespoon grated shallot
2 teaspoons apricot preserves or marmalade or good quality honey
1 teaspoon dijon mustard
1 tablespoon lemon or orange juice
2 tablespoons white wine vinegar
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 heads Bibb lettuce, cleaned and dried and torn
4 sprigs fresh tarragon, leaves stripped and roughly chopped
1 navel orange, peeled and sections removed with a paring knife (supreme)
1 small ruby red grapefruit, peeled and sections removed with a paring knife (supreme)

Directions for Citrus Salad with Toasted Seeds and Pine Nuts Recipe

Gently toast the sunflower and sesame seeds with the pine nuts in small pan over medium heat.
Combine the shallot, preserves or honey, Dijon, juice and vinegar. Whisk in the extra-virgin olive oil to emulsify and season with salt and pepper.
Combine the lettuce with the tarragon, orange and grapefruit sections, dress with the seeds and dressing just before serving.

Read the full directions on Food Network