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Louisiana Sunburst Salad Recipe. A beautiful salad made famous by the Palace Cafe in New Orleans. There’s a lot of special flavors in this salad, but the port poached cranberries are a stand out. 

Louisiana Sunburst Salad

As promised, I’m posting the recipe  for the salad our friend Teri brought to our New Orleans Themed Super Bowl Party. Wanting to contribute a Louisiana-themed salad she turned to our friend Google and came up with this tasty recipe from the Palace Cafe in New Orleans, Louisiana Sunburst Salad.

History of Louisiana Sunburst Salad

Wanting to learn more about the restaurant, I found their website.  It reads:  “Located at the foot of the French Quarter, Palace Café serves contemporary Creole cuisine in an upbeat and lively grand café. As bearers of the torch keeping Creole cuisine alive and vital, Dickie and Palace Café’s culinary team are constantly evolving traditional Creole dishes and creating a few new favorites. The restaurant, housed in the historic Werlein’s music building, has earned local and national critical acclaim since it opened in 1991 including: Best New Restaurant from Esquire magazine and USA Today; the prestigious Ivy Award from Restaurants and Institutions magazine, and Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellence.

Palace Café is owned and operated by Dickie Brennan, Steve Pettus and Lauren Brennan Brower. Executive Chef Darin Nesbit and Chef De Cuisine Ben Thibodeaux lead the culinary team.”

So there you have it. This explains it all. A member of the legendary Brennan family is responsible  for the fabulous and elegant flavors for this salad.  The addition of cinnamon in the dressing makes this very unique.

A perfect side dish for any Cajun or Creole main dish, or in my humble opinion, this works well alongside a big beautiful grilled steak or BBQ Chicken.

Cajun themed salad recipe

Recipe for Louisiana Sunburst Salad

I hope you give this Cajun themed salad a try, and if you do, please come back and give the recipe star rating and leave a comment about your experience with the recipe. Bookmark this one and thank you Brennans.  I’m interested to know, have you been to The Palace Cafe?

And if you have a favorite New Orleans, Louisiana themed salad recipe, let me know, I’d love to give it a try.

More Salad Side Dish Ideas

And if you’re salad fans like us, don’t miss my post on 9 Secrets To A Remarkable Tossed Salad. A step by step guide on how to make the best tossed salad ever.

Louisiana Sunburst Salad
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Louisiana Sunburst Salad
Prep Time
30 mins
Total Time
30 mins
 

This is a recipe for Louisiana Sunburst Salad. A beautiful salad made famous by the Palace Cafe in New Orleans. There's a lot of special flavors in this salad, but the port poached cranberries are a stand out. 

Course: Side Dish Salad
Cuisine: Cajun
Keyword: Louisiana, Salad
Servings: 6
Calories: 196 kcal
Ingredients
  • 2 ounces dried cranberries
  • 2 ounces ruby port wine
  • 24 ounces mesclun mix mixed baby lettuces like mache, frisee, radicchio, spinach
  • 2 ounces almonds toasted
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 ounce vegetable oil
  • 2 ounces crumbled Stilton cheese or blue cheese
  • 2 ounces raspberry vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon sugar
  • 1 ounce water
  • 5-10 dashes of Tabasco
  • Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
  1. Soak the cranberries overnight in the port.
  2. In a large mixing bowl, add the oil, water, vinegar, Tabasco, cinnamon and sugar. Whisk until emulsified (Dan don’t make me do an emulsification demonstration). Add the lettuce and toss. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Place the greens on a plate and garnish with the crumbled cheese, cranberries, and almonds.
Nutrition Facts
Louisiana Sunburst Salad
Amount Per Serving
Calories 196 Calories from Fat 108
% Daily Value*
Fat 12g18%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 7mg2%
Sodium 163mg7%
Potassium 301mg9%
Carbohydrates 16g5%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 8g9%
Protein 5g10%
Vitamin A 1360IU27%
Vitamin C 26mg32%
Calcium 93mg9%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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  3. Vickie says

    February 14, 2010 at 6:35 am

    Love sweet and green salads & I’m STOKED at getting a new salad recipe. Seriously, this looks and sounds so, so good & I can’t wait to try it. Do you add the sugar before or after emulsifying the dressing?

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  4. Zia Liz says

    February 14, 2010 at 3:58 am

    Yum! I’m looking forward to trying this salad very soon. I just need to run out for some port… such a pity the liquor stores are closed on Sundays here.

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    • leaannbrown says

      February 14, 2010 at 5:00 pm

      Colorado finally started selling liquor on Sunday about a year and a half ago. I was sooo glad. There are many times when you need things for cooking on Sunday, or a bottle of wine for dinner.

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  10. Barbara says

    February 15, 2010 at 12:02 am

    Super recipe for a salad, Lea Ann! Dried cranberries with the crunch of nuts and the added flavor of stilton. Interesting to have port in the dressing. Never have seen that before. You take a pretty photo, too! Very tempting!

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  16. Karen says

    February 15, 2010 at 5:07 pm

    I’ve never cooked (even though this isn’t actually “cooked” I’m still counting it) with port before. I bet it adds a wonderful flavor to this dish. I agree, this is a great find!

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  17. George says

    February 15, 2010 at 10:26 pm

    This looks like one great salad. Everyone of the ingredients are my favorite. I am definitely going to try and duplicate this salad. Many thanks for posting…

    Reply

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