Golden Raisin Vinaigrette Recipes

GOLDEN RAISIN COOKIES

Steps:

• In a bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add lemon juice and eggs. Combine dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture. Stir in raisins. Roll into 1-in. balls. , Place on greased baking sheets; flatten with a floured fork. Bake at 400° for 8-10 minutes or until lightly browned.

ROASTED CAULIFLOWER, RAISINS AND ANCHOVY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees. Put cauliflower in roasting pan, drizzle with 3 tablespoons oil and some salt and pepper; toss. Roast, turning once or twice, for 15 minutes or so, until cauliflower just starts to soften.
• Meanwhile, make vinaigrette by combining remaining oil with vinegar, anchovies and a little salt and pepper; taste and adjust seasoning. Remove pan, drizzle cauliflower with 2 tablespoons of vinaigrette, and toss. Roast, turning once, until a thin-bladed knife pierces a piece with little resistance, for 15 minutes. (Recipe may be cooled at this point, covered tightly and refrigerated for 2 days.)
• At the last minute, put cauliflower in a salad bowl and add raisins, parsley and remaining vinaigrette and toss. Taste and sprinkle with salt, if needed, and lots of pepper, then serve.

COLE SLAW WITH GOLDEN RAISIN VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small saucepan combine the raisins, the vinegar, the oil, the water, the onion, the mustard, and salt and pepper to taste and boil the mixture, stirring, for 30 seconds. In a blender purée the vinaigrette until it is smooth and in a bowl toss it with the cabbage and the carrot.

GOLDEN RAISIN AND CAPER VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Place raisins in a small pot and add verjuice. Cook over medium heat until reduced by half. Add capers and cook 2 minutes. Pour into a blender and puree, adding olive oil in a steady stream. Pass through fine-mesh sieve. Cool to room temperature. Serve over halibut or sea bass.

GOLDEN RAISIN VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small pot, bring raisins,sherry vinegar, and 2 tablespoons waterto a boil. Remove from heat,cover, and let steep until cool.Add mustard, capers and brine,shallot, lemon juice, and cumin.Pulse in a food processor, addingoil in a thin stream. (Adjust consistencyby adding warm water1 tablespoon at a time.)

GRILLED SWORDFISH WITH OLIVE, PINE NUT AND GOLDEN RAISIN RELISH AND GRILLED ROMAINE SALAD WITH SUMAC HONEY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Add the golden raisins to a small bowl. Cover with 1/4 cup boiling water and allow to sit for 10 minutes to rehydrate and plump. Remove the raisins but reserve the liquid.
• Heat a small saucepan over low heat with the butter. Add the shallots and cook until translucent, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the pine nuts and reserved raisins and stir to combine. Cook for another 2 minutes, then add 2 tablespoons of the reserved raisin liquid. Continue to cook until most of the liquid has reduced, about 5 minutes. Add the olives and chopped lemon, toss in the chives and season with salt. If the mixture gets too thick, you can add a little more of the liquid from the golden raisins. The relish should be thick and homogenous, but not too thin or saucy.
• Preheat a grill pan over high heat. Drizzle the swordfish steaks on both sides with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the swordfish onto the grill and cook without moving the fish for 2 minutes. When the fish starts to pull away from the pan, you know it's ready to turn. Turn the fish 90 degrees to create a crosshatch. Grill for another 2 minutes. Flip the fish, then repeat on the other side. Remove the fish onto a sheet tray lined with a rack. Transfer into the oven and bake for 8 minutes.
• Drizzle the romaine lettuce with oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place the lettuce onto the grill, cut side down, and grill for 2 to 3 minutes. Flip, then grill for another 2 minutes. Cut the grilled lettuce into 1-to 2-inch pieces and add to a large bowl along with the radishes and feta cheese.
• Add the white wine vinegar, lemon juice, 1/2 cup oil, honey and sumac to a small bowl. Whisk to combine until emulsified. Season with salt. Drizzle some of the vinaigrette over the grilled romaine salad. Gently toss to combine. There will be leftover vinaigrette - it can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
• To serve, top the grilled swordfish with some of the olive, pine nut and raisin relish. Drizzle with oil. Serve alongside the grilled romaine lettuce.

CARROT AND GOLDEN RAISIN (SULTANA) SALAD

Steps:

• Mix the first 4 ingredients together.
• Mix the dressing ingredients together then toss through the carrots and refrigerate about half an hour to let the flavours come together.

SMOKED-PAPRIKA PORK RIB ROAST WITH SHERRY RAISIN VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Roast pork:
• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 500°F.
• Stir together pimentón, cumin, coriander, salt, and pepper. Rub mixture all over pork. (Press lightly so rub adheres; you will have some leftover rub.) Put pork on a metal rack in a roasting pan, rib side down. Roast pork 10 minutes, then reduce heat to 300°F and continue to roast until a meat thermometer inserted diagonally into center registers 140°F, 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 25 minutes more.
• Let pork stand, loosely covered with foil, 20 to 25 minutes before carving. (Temperature of meat will rise to about 150°F.)
• Make vinaigrette while pork roasts:
• Soak raisins in Sherry in a medium bowl, covered, 30 minutes. Add vinegar, shallot, garlic, salt, and pepper, then add oil in a slow stream, whisking until combined. Whisk in parsley just before serving.
• Slice pork and serve with vinaigrette and a sprinkling of kosher salt.

ROASTED BUTTERNUT-SQUASH SOUP WITH CAULIFLOWER, CARAMELIZED ONION, AND RAISIN VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan, bring squash, 1 cup cauliflower, water (or low-sodium chicken stock), and jam to a boil.Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth. Seasonwith salt and pepper andgarnish with cauliflower florets. Servewith bread spreadwith raisin vinaigrette.