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Salad with persimmon and pine nuts

Persimmon and Pine Nut Salad

A juicy, colorful fall salad. Recharge your energy! It's said that not just the taste of food but its color affects the whole body. This salad's bright palette will lift your mood and give you a boost, while its vitamins and nutrients are just the pick-me-up your body needs.

Julia

Recipe author

Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Persimmon

Lettuce leaves

Tomatoes

Pine nuts

Olive oil

1.5

Honey

Lemon juice

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 4 % 1 g

Fats 42 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 54 % 13 g

139 kcal

GI: 85 / 0 / 15

Cooking method

Cooking time: 20 min

Step 1:

For a persimmon and pine nut salad, you'll need: persimmon, tomatoes, lettuce, pine nuts, lemon juice, olive oil, honey, and salt.
Step 2:

Lightly toast the pine nuts in a dry skillet to bring out their nutty flavor.
Step 3:

Wash and dry the persimmon, cut it into small slices, and remove any seeds.
Step 4:

Wash and dry the tomatoes. If large, slice them like the persimmon. Mine were small cherry tomatoes, so I quartered them.
Step 5:

Wash and dry the lettuce. Tear the leaves by hand and arrange them on a plate.
Step 6:

Arrange the persimmon slices on top.
Step 7:

Then scatter over the cut tomatoes.
Step 8:

Sprinkle the pine nuts over the top of the salad.
Step 9:

For the dressing, whisk together the lemon juice, runny honey, and olive oil. Add a small pinch of salt if you like. Stir well until the honey fully dissolves. If your honey has crystallized, warm it gently over a water bath.
Step 10:

Drizzle the dressing over the salad and serve right away. Enjoy!

Red and orange fruits and vegetables stimulate metabolism, improve circulation, and help fight sluggishness, so a salad of sunny persimmon and red tomatoes will boost your vitality and energy. For this salad, use a ripe, non-astringent persimmon. The fruit's name literally translates as "date plum." Persimmon is great for the immune system — among its many vitamins, it's especially prized for its high vitamin C, vitamin P, and beta-carotene, and it's good for the heart, blood vessels, and thyroid (thanks to its iodine). Lightly toasted pine nuts add an appetizing aroma and nutty flavor. These little seeds have a remarkable makeup, packed with more of certain nutrients than most everyday foods. The plant protein in pine nuts is perfectly balanced and 99% digestible, and the seeds contain nearly all the essential amino acids, polyunsaturated fatty acids, vitamins, and minerals — with especially high levels of vitamins B1 and E.