Wilted Spinach Salad with Caramelized Onions and Apricots



 

 

Sorry for no recipe, I forgot to write it down exactly before I left for the summer, but it went something like this.

 

Caramelize onions (thinly sliced onion in put in a sauté pan on high heat with a little oil or butter and cook until you can smell the onions, but no color change has happened, once you can smell them cooking, TURN the heat down to medium, leave the onions alone [NO STIRRING] and let them get all brown and sugary; about 15-20 minutes.) and apricots (cook the same as onions, except turn down the heat when you start to see color getting on the apricots and they can move around in the pan without sticking. They should take longer to soften than onions and you might need to add a little water to steam them, but watch them and see if they soften on their own).

 

Wash and dry fresh baby spinach. While the Onions and Apricots are still hot toss them in the spinach, thus wilting the spinach with the residual heat.

 

Add salt and pepper to taste and any other goodies you might like. Roasted walnuts or almonds would be good.

 

Any questions about the salad concept, holler and I'll try to answer ya.