Salad of Shrimp, Arrowhead, and Mandarins

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  • Serves

    4

    as a first course
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    By Elizabeth Schneider

    Published 2001

    • About

    Peachy pink, ivory, and clear orange illustrate the flavor tone of this dish, which is light and gentle with a bright edge. The sweetness of the mandarin, honey, and shrimp is balanced by the bitterness of arrowhead, citrus rind, and frisée or endive—all enveloped in a creamy dressing sharpened by the zing of ginger juice. Clementine is a particularly tender small type of seedless mandarin, but others (including those confusingly called tangerines) are all fine. Use any of these or small bl