Recipe Quinoa Salad Boma Animal Kingdom Lodge
Yield: 8 servings
Ingredients
1/8 cup Quinoa
1/16 cup Rice Vinegar
1/16 cup Lemon Juice
1/16 cup Water
1/16 cup Sugar
Dressing
1/16 cup Dijon Mustard
1/16 cup Rice Vinegar
1/16 cup Honey
1/16 cup Safflower Oil
1/4 Pear, julienned
1/18 pound Spinach, washed and cleaned
Method
1. Place quinoa in the bowl and add water. Let soak for 30 seconds, drain, and set aside.
2. Make tart stock (vinegar, water, sugar, and lemon juice). Add quinoa. Cook/simmer until quinoa blooms. Drain the quinoa and place on a sheet pan. Let cool in the refrigerator.
3. To make the mustard dressing, combine mustard, honey, and rice vinegar. Whip together and add the oil in slowly. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
4. Cut the pear into julienne strips. Wash spinach. Mix all the ingredients together – spinach, quinoa, pear, and dressing. Serve.
