Fig Goat Cheese Salad

5 from 1 vote

This fig goat cheese salad with fig vinaigrette is the perfect late-summer salad. Packed full of fresh figs, goat cheese, pistachios, and a homemade fig vinaigrette.

Course: Salad

Cuisine: American

Keyword: fig salad, fresh fig salad, fresh fig salad dressing, summer salad

Servings: servings

Author: Brandy O'Neill - Nutmeg Nanny

Equipment

Ingredients

For salad:

6 cups baby arugula
1 cup quartered fresh figs
1/2 cup chopped salted pistachios
1/2 cup crumbled fresh goat cheese

For vinaigrette:

2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
6 figs quartered
1 small shallot roughly chopped
2 tablespoons honey
1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
Kosher salt and pepper
Water

Instructions

For salad:

On a large salad plate or bowl add arugula and top with fresh figs, pistachios and goat cheese.
Drizzle and toss with fig vinaigrette.

For vinaigrette:

In a medium sized saucepan set over medium heat add olive oil. Once the oil is warmed add in figs and shallot. Sauté until the shallots and fig begin to soften.
To a blender add the saucepan mixture, honey and balsamic vinegar. Blend on high speed until mostly smooth. While the blender is running slowly pour in olive oil. At this point the mixture will be thick. You can use water to thin it out or use it thick. Whatever you like.
Let the vinaigrette cool and use for salad. {There will be a bit of leftover vinaigrette}

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