Fig and Blue Cheese Salad

Fig and Blue Cheese Salad

Ingredients

• 8 to 10 fresh figs, quartered, stem removed
• 1/2 pound blue cheese (gorgonzola recommended)
• 1 head of butter lettuce
• 1/4 cup medium to intense extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
• 3 tablespoons Celia's Fig-Vanillla Balsamic Vinegar
• 1 shallot, finely diced
• zest of one orange
• salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Rinse and pat dry the lettuce and place in a salad bowl. Arrange the quartered figs on top of the lettuce and sprinkle with the crumbled blue cheese.
2. Make the vinaigrette: place the diced shallots, orange juice, Fig-Vanilla Balsamic, orange zest, and salt and pepper in a bowl. Slowly whisk in the olive oil. Pour over the cheese and figs.