Recipe - Hub Cape Cod Greens With Grilled Figs And Dumplings

FOR THE CITRUS DRESSING
One half cup Lemon juice
One half cup Orange juice
One half cup Lime juice
2 Lime leaves
2 Eggs
2 tablespoon Honey
One half cup Rice wine vinegar
1 cup Olive oil
Salt and pepper; to taste

FOR THE SALADS
4 Black mission figs
2 tablespoon Extravirgin olive oil
2 tablespoon Balsamic vinegar
3 ounce Vermont goat cheese
2 tablespoon Mascarpone cheese
1 One half tablespoon Lemon curd
Salt and freshly ground
black pepper; (to taste)
4 Sheets phyllo dough
2 tablespoon Butter; melted
4 Blanched chives
4 bn Cape Cod greens or mesclun
mix
4 sl English cucumber; cut or sliced up
lengthwise, (One fourth " thick)
One half cup Small currant tomatoes; (red
& yellow)

To make the dressing: Place the lemon, orange and lime juices in a
saucepan. Simmer until the liquid is reduced to One half cup. Remove the lime
leaves and chill the juice.

Place the juice in a blender with the eggs, honey and rice wine vinegar.
Slowly blend in the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. (To avoid using
raw eggs, use pasteurized or coddled eggs) To make the salads: Wash the
figs and cut each m half. Mix together the oil and vinegar in a bowl. Toss
the figs in the oil and vinegar. Grill the figs for 12 minutes per side.
Let cool and chill until ready to use.

Mix the goat cheese, mascarpone, lemon curd, salt and pepper. Place 2 T. of
this mixture on a fig half and then place the other fig half on top. Repeat
until all four figs are stuffed.

Lay out the pastry sheets. Brush with butter and wrap each fig in one
pastry sheet. Twist into a purse shape, tie with string and bake at 350
degrees until golden brown.

Once baked, remove the string and tie each dumpling with the chive. Wash
the greens and spin dry. Place each cucumber slice on a salad plate. Place
a handful of greens on top of each cucumber, then wrap the cucumber around
the greens. Place the dumpling on each plate. Garnish with the tomatoes,
dressing and freshly ground black pepper.

Dean Moore usually serves this salad with a truffle dressing but
substitutes a citrus dressing here as it is easier to make.

Recipe printed in The Boston Herald 9/9/98

Formatted 9/98 by JoAnn Pellegrino

NOTES : Dean Moore was recently named a "Rising Star in American Cuisine"
by the James Beard Foundation in New York. He is executive chef at the Top
of The Hub Restaurant in Boston, MA.

Recipe by: Chef Dean Moore,Top of The Hub,Boston

Posted to KitMailbox Digest by J Pellegrino gigimfg@ix.netcom.com on Sep
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