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Grilled Fennel, Corn, and Orange Butter Lettuce Salad with Swicy Tamarind-Lime Dressing

This salad combines smoky, charred flavors with hints of sweetness and plenty of crunch—summer on a plate!
Grilled Fennel, Corn, and Orange Butter Lettuce Salad with Swicy Tamarind-Lime Dressing 8 low res

This salad combines smoky, charred flavors with hints of sweetness and plenty of crunch—summer on a plate!

Ingredients:

  • ¼ C + 2 T Ready-Set-Serve (RSS) Washed & Trimmed Cilantro, chopped
  • 2 cloves RSS Peeled Garlic
  • 2 MFC Limes, juiced
  • 1 T Mayonnaise
  • 1 T Tamarind paste
  • 1 T Asian chile sauce of your choice
  • ½ tsp. Fish sauce
  • 1 tsp. Sugar
  • 2 T Water
  • ¼ C Grapeseed oil
  • 2 heads Markon First Crop (MFC) Living Butter Lettuce, washed and torn from roots
  • 2 small MFC Fennel, sliced and grilled
  • 2 ears Corn, shucked, grilled, and cut from cobs
  • 2 large MFC Oranges, sliced and grilled

Instructions:

Pulse the first nine ingredients together in a blender until smooth. Drizzle in oil until dressing is emulsified.

Hand toss MFC Living Butter Lettuce with dressing. Artfully arrange equal portions of fennel, corn, and oranges on top of butter lettuce. Garnish with extra cilantro and serve.

Ingredients:

1 bunch Markon First Crop Asparagus, steamed

1/4 C Markon First Crop Basil

2 T Markon First Crop Chervil

2 T C Ready-Set-Serve Lemon Juice

2 cloves Ready-Set-Serve Peeled Garlic

1 tsp. lemon zest

1/4 tsp. cumin

1/4 tsp. coriander

1/4 C extra virgin olive oil

1/2 tsp. kosher salt

1/4 tsp. red pepper flakes

16 large shrimp, cleaned and threaded onto skewers to prevent curling

1 tsp. kosher salt

Olive oil + 2 cloves Ready-Set-Serve Peeled Garlic, for poaching

Edible petals and micro greens for garnish

Instructions:

Slice tips off asparagus and reserve. Add basil, chervil, one cup steamed asparagus stalks, lemon juice, zest, cumin, coriander, salt, pepper flakes, and oil to a food processor and blend until chunky.

Heat oil and garlic until just bubbling. Add shrimp skewers so that shrimp is fully submerged. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook until shrimp is opaque and cooked through. When shrimp are almost cooked, add asparagus tips. Remove all with a slotted spoon and drain on a wire rack.

To plate, arrange tips in a decorative manner. Place shrimp next to asparagus and ladle sauce on top of each one. Garnish with edible petals and micro greens.