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Winter Slaw With Red Pears and Pumpkin Seeds

Colorful winter slaw with red pears Brussels sprouts and pumpkin seeds.
Photo by Bobbi Lin

Trimming a generous amount of the stem from the brussels sprouts makes it quite a bit easier to tease apart the leaves for this winter slaw recipe.

Ingredients

Serves 8

1/4 cup fresh blood orange or regular orange juice
1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons sherry vinegar
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Kosher salt, freshly ground pepper
2 cups Brussels sprouts
2 firm but ripe red-skinned pears, cut into quarters, cored, thinly sliced
1 bunch small beets, trimmed, peeled, thinly shaved on a mandoline
4 cups mixed radicchio leaves, torn if large
1/4 cup unsalted, roasted pumpkin seeds (pepitas)
  1. Step 1

    Whisk orange juice, oil, vinegar, and mustard in a small bowl to combine. Season dressing with salt and pepper.

    Step 2

    Trim brussels sprouts and halve lengthwise. Remove larger leaves; place in a large bowl. Very thinly slice remaining cores; place in bowl with leaves. Add half of dressing and toss to coat; season with salt and pepper. Massage brussels sprouts gently to soften slightly. Add pears, beets, radicchio, and remaining dressing and toss well; season with salt and pepper. Serve slaw topped with pumpkin seeds.

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  • Absolutely wonderful. And unexpected as well. Make sure you have the smallest most tender vegetables and use a mandoline. I preferred to add one more pear, especially if they are small.

    • Maureenie

    • Nantucket MA

    • 1/5/2019

  • I have made this salad several times. It is amazing. the other reviewer complained of bitterness, I did not experience this, and have only used the freshest most tender brussells sprouts and fall harvested small beets. locally sourced. The dressing does need a boost - and so zest of orange in addition to the juice helps. I've substituted spinach for the radicchio, or a mix of both. Friends swoon for this salad.

    • Anonymous

    • Western Mass

    • 10/14/2018

  • the raw radicchio and brussels sprouts were tough and bitter. the dressing was not strong enough flavor to compensate for the bitterness. The beets were flavorless. Perhaps if the vegetables were roasted first, this would be a good salad.

    • djspell

    • Houston, TX

    • 11/29/2016

  • Very good, but lots of chopping. The orange didn’t come through enough in the dressing, but maybe I juiced a bad orange. I added more olive oil. I think I’d add a little sugar or orange juice concentrate next time, especially if the radicchio is bitter. Overall it was very good and I’d make it again.

    • Anonymous

    • 11/13/2022

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