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Plum Salad with Black Tea balsamic Vin

Plums, yogurt, and hazelnuts are brought together with a balsamic vinaigrette with black tea.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 5 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

Black tea vinaigrette

  • ⅓ C (100g) balsamic vinegar
  • 2 tbsp. (6g) Black tea
  • ⅛ tsp black pepper
  • 1 tbsp. (26g) honey
  • 1/2C (106g) neutral oil
  • ⅛ tsp salt
  • 2 tsp (12g) yellow mustard

plum salad

  • 2 (191g) black plums
  • ⅓ C (37g) hazelnuts
  • 6 Tbsp. (150g) yogurt
  • (27g) Dressing
  • dusting garam masala

Instructions

Black Tea balsamic vinaigrette

  • Place the black tea, pepper, balsamic, mustard, and salt in a food processor.
  • Blend until the black tea is pulverized into tiny chunks. Scrape down the sides of the processor.
  • While running, slowly drizzle the oil into the balsamic mixture.
  • Place in a jar and refrigerate.

Plum salad

  • Heat your oven to 375 and toast the hazelnuts for about 5 minuets or until fragrant. Allow the nuts to cool and chop into rough chunks.
  • Remove the pits from the plums and slice each one into bite-sized pieces.
  • Add the hazelnuts, plums, and vinaigrette to a bowl. MIix until the plums and hazelnuts are evenly coated.
  • Spread the yogurt into a separate bowl for serving. Dust a bit of cinnamon or garam masala on top.
  • Layer the plums and hazelnuts into of the yogurt.
  • enjoy.

Notes

If you don't have garam masala ground cinnamon is a perfect substitute. 
Author: Anfernee Milton
Course: Breakfast, lunch, Snack
Cuisine: American, Indian, Italian
Keyword: balsamic vinegar, black tea, plums, plumsalad, stone fruit, yogurt