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Kale Salad with Cherries and Pecans

From The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook from Deb Perelman

Ingredients

1/2 cup pecans
8 oz Black Kale, also known as Cavolo Nero, or Lacinato, Dinosaur, or Tuscan Kale
4 oz radishes, sliced into paper-thin rounds
1/2 cup dried cherries
2 oz soft goat cheese, chilled
3 tbsp olive oil
1+1/2 tbsp white wine vinegar
1 tbsp smooth Dijon mustard
1+1/2 tsp honey
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

1
Optional step: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and spread the pecans on a tray. Toast them for 5 to 10 minutes, tossing them once or twice to make sure they toast evenly. Remove them from the oven and set them aside to cool.
2
Wash your kale and let it dry on spread-out kitchen or paper towels. Then, with a knife, remove the rib from each stalk, leaving long strips of kale leaves. Stack the leaves in small batches, roll them tightly the long way, and cut the roll crosswise into thin ribbons. Add the kale ribbons to a large salad bowl.
3
Add the radishes, pecans and cherries. Crumble the goat cheese over top.
4
Whisk dressing ingredients together in a small dish, and pour the dressing over the salad.
5
This salad is great to eat right away, but even better after 20 minutes of tenderizing in the dressing.