Apple Salad with Candied Walnuts and Cranberries
Recipe video above. A terrific bright, fresh salad with a great combination of flavours and textures. The candied nuts and plumping the cranberries is optional - but don't skip it if you're making this for company! The dressing is best kept simple to let the ingredients in the salad take centre stag
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- 1 red apple (, quartered, seeds remove, finely sliced)
- Squeeze of lemon juice ((to stop apple browning))
- 120 g /4 oz mixed salad leaves ((4 to 5 big handfuls))
- 1/2 red onion (, finely sliced (wedge way, not half moon))
- 3/4 cup dried cranberries
- 2 tbsp feta or goats cheese (, crumbled (garnish, optional))
- 1 tbsp butter (, salted)
- 1/4 cup white sugar
- 1 cup walnuts or pecans
- 2 tbsp cider vinegar
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1.5 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1.5 tsp white sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp pepper
Steps
Place butter in a small non stick skillet over medium heat. When melted, add sugar. Stir briefly, then leave until the sugar mostly melts.
When it starts bubbling a bit, add nuts.
Stir 2 minutes. Pour out on parchment paper lined tray.
Spread nuts out, allow to cool. Roughly chop half, leave some whole.
Place in a bowl, pour over freshly boiled water. Leave to soak 10 minutes then drain.
Drizzle with lemon juice and toss (stops apple from browning).
Place Dressing ingredients in a jar and shake well. Adjust to taste - more oil to make it creamier, sugar for sweet, vinegar for tart.
Place salad in a large bowl with half the apple slices and all the onion. Drizzle with half the dressing then toss.
Scatter over the cranberries, desired amount of walnuts, remaining apple slices and feta. Drizzle with remaining dressing. Serve immediately!
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