Barclay Organic Salad with Candied Walnuts

(Meghan McGovern)

The Barclay Organic Salad with Candied Walnuts with honey vinaigrette and shaved parmesan was included in the InterContinental New York Barclay's Honoring the Honey tasting menu. The cook time reflects making the candied walnuts and the dressing.

Cook Time:35 min

Prep Time:10 min

Total Time:45 min

Servings: 4

Ingredients:

10 ounce organic mesclun

4 ounce walnuts

2 ounce brown sugar

1/2 cup shaved parmesan

Salt and white pepper

1/2 cup duck fat

1/2 cup olive oil

1 ounce mixed spices including Juniper berry, star anis, cinnamon stick

1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme

1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary

1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon

2 tablespoon honey

1/2 cup demi glace

1 tablespoon Dijon mustard

Preparation:

Warm duck fat in a small pan, add olive oil, infuse with spices and herbs, remove from heat and let stand for one hour. Strain to remove spices and herbs. In another sauce pan, boil honey until dark in color. Deglaze with demi glace and cook slowly for 20 minutes. Let sauce cool, and with hand mixer add mustard first, then blend in duck fat and olive oil mixture until dressing has smooth consistency.

Place walnuts on sheet pan, roll them with brown sugar and place in oven at 350 degrees for 10-15 minutes until sugar and walnuts are one. Once cooled, the walnuts are candied.

Mix mesclun with vinaigrette, add salt, pepper and candied walnuts arrange on plate and top with sliced parmesan.