Dish It At Home: Winter Greens with Crystallized Cranberries and Shaft Blue Cheese
Local Chefs Make Their Favorite Side Dish - Patrick Mulvaney of Mulvaney's shares his recipe for Winter Greens with Crystallized Cranberries and Shaft Blue Cheese.
Procedure:
Toss greens in bowl with vinaigrette and season to taste with Salt & Pepper. Place in serving bowl or plate individually, top with cranberries and crumbled blue cheese.
Crystallized Cranberries
Ingredients:
12oz cranberries
2 egg whites, lightly beaten
Sugar
Procedure:
Toss cranberries in whites, strain well in a pasta basket. Roll in sheet pan with sugar until all berries are separate and well coated. Let sit for at least 2 hours, if not using immediately store in air tight container.
Frozen cranberries need to be used the same day they are made, they get soggy.
Traditional Vinaigrette 1 cup
Ingredients:
2 shallots, minced
1 T Dijon mustard
2Z champagne vinegar
6Z olive oil (mixed to taste)
S&P and fresh herbs of choice
Procedure:
- Put shallots, mustard and vinegar in a bowl, whisk together and preseason
- While whisking drizzle in oil slowly, check for flavor and store
- Whisk again before using.
Mulvaney's B&L
1215 19th Street
Sacramento, CA 95811
(916) 441-6022