Cuban Bread Salad

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup orange juice
• 3 tbl minced shallots
• 2 tbl lime juice
• 2 tbl lemon juice
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 cup salad oil
• 1 tbl minced fresh jalapeño chilies - (to 1 1/2)
• salt to taste
• Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
• 12 oz tomatillos - (2" wide)
• 1 tbl extra-virgin olive oil
• 6 oz potato-garlic or French bread
• 12 cup baby arugula - (8 oz) rinsed, crisped
• 1/2 cup thinly-sliced Manchego cheese - (2 oz)

Directions

1. In a 1- to 1 1/2-quart pan over high heat, boil orange juice until reduced to 1/4 cup, 4 to 5 minutes. Let cool. Add minced shallots, lime juice and lemon juice, and ground cumin. Whisk in salad oil. Add minced fresh jalapeño chilies, plus salt and pepper to taste.
2. Remove and discard husks from tomatillos; rinse and cut into quarters. In a bowl, mix tomatillos with extra-virgin olive oil. Cut potato-garlic or French bread into 1-inch-thick slices.
3. Set tomatillo quarters and bread slices on a grill over a solid bed of hot coals or a gas grill on high heat and turn as needed until browned on all sides, 1 to 2 minutes total for bread, 5 to 7 minutes for tomatillos. Let cool. Cut bread into 1-inch cubes.
4. In a large bowl, mix tomatillos, bread, baby arugula, and dressing. With a vegetable peeler, shave about 1/2 cup thin slices off a wedge of Manchego cheese. Mix Cheese and salt and pepper to taste into salad.
5. This recipe yields 6 servings.