Whether you say “PEE Can” or “Pi CAN” doesn’t matter. What matters is that you don’t make these candied pecans unless you have a definite purpose in mind, such as making this lovely salad or bringing them to a party. Making them on a random Saturday when you have nowhere to go or nothing in particular to do is just irresponsible because most of them will end up getting in your mouth. If you like to live on the edge, like I do, then go ahead and make them with no plan in place for responsible consumption, just don’t say I didn’t warn you.
PrintCandied Pecan Salad
Ingredients
Scale
- For the pecans:
- 3 C sugar
- 1 C fresh orange juice
- 2 t orange zest
- 8 C toasted pecans
- For the salad:
- 3 C Mixed greens
- 1/2 C Shaved Parmesan
- 1/2 C Dried Cranberries
- 1 C candied pecans
- For the dressing:
- 2 T grape seed oil
- 2 T orange juice
- 1 T champagne vinegar
- 1 t grated orange peel
- dash of salt and few grinds of pepper
Instructions
- Toast the pecans in a 250 degree oven for about 15 minutes on a baking sheet, stir them around a few times while they are toasting
- In a saucepan, bring sugar, OJ, and orange zest to a boil, stirring constantly, boil one minute
- Remove from heat, stir in pecans
- Spread on two baking sheets covered in foil
- Let them cool, then break into pieces
- Mix greens, Parmesan, cranberries, and pecans
- Whisk together grape seed oil, OJ, champagne vinegar, orange peel, salt and pepper
- Mix the salad with enough of the dressing to coat the leaves
Feel free to add more Parmesan, cranberries or pecans to the salad, I typically get heavy handed in these matters and end up with more salad than greens and it’s always a good thing!
I like anything pecan, simply love pecan pie.
Those pecans sound so good and I love pecans. I had a pecan tree at my old house, but not here.
Wow this looks like a meal I would like thank you
that looks delicious! Yes, it looks like pecan pie crumbled on top of a salad. Yum! {:-D
I made these once with cinnamon and they were the hit of the day. Can’t wait to try them with the orange twist.
Oh ~ how delicious it sounds ~ great for P and lovely photos ~ thanks,
artmusedog and carol
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Wow! This looks great! Love the idea of throwing candied pecans into a salad … with all my fav ingredients!
The pecans sound wonderful in salads!
This has been a terrible year for local pecans. I am not sure that I could afford 8 cups. But the salad looks wonderful and if I find local pecans you can bet that this will be on my recipe list. Thanks.
That sounds yummy!
Love, love (did I say how much I love them?) pecans!
Mmmmmmmmmm!
Oh my, this sounds so delicious… and I just happen to have a bunch of pecans in my freezer 🙂
Well, you’ve done it again! Our neighbors always bring us bags of pecans they collected from their tree, so I could have this salad every night. Not low-calorie, I’m afraid, because I could eat the whole bowl!!