Apple Salad with Candied Walnuts and Cranberries

There’s just a few elements to make this Apple Salad – and it’s value it! With candied walnuts or pecans, plumped cranberries, thinly sliced apple and leafy greens, this can be a salad that’s worthy of festive gatherings. 

This Apple Salad is tossed with a easy French dressing – as a result of with all of the fabulous textures and flavours happening right here, we don’t need the dressing to steal the present!!

A SHOW-OFFY APPLE SALAD

There’s 3 sorts of salads in my world:

1. fast and simple salads for midweek meals;
2. large meal salads; and
3. show-offy salads.

In my world, the definition of “show-offy salads” are people who require a bit extra effort, reserved for gatherings, lunch with associates, and for household dinners the place I’m sulking as a result of all people else “bagsed” the “enjoyable” programs – starters, essential and dessert, leaving me with “simply” salad.

“You need me to convey salad? I’ll present you a salad!!” I fume silently to myself.

And thus, I embark on a mission to make an amazing salad. Tasty, fairly and fascinating – however nonetheless recent sufficient to be a facet dish.

This Apple Salad with Walnuts and Cranberries is one such salad.

This recipe centres round apples, the crisp, juicy sweetness and pairing it with leafy greens and an assortment of different components to create a salad that’s loaded with nice textures.

Properly, really, simply one apple. That’s all you want for this recipe. As soon as sliced thinly, one apple stretches fairly far.

I like to make use of pink apples for this, primarily for color and in addition as a result of I desire the candy with a little bit of tart that’s inherent with most kinds of pink apples right here in Australia. However be happy to make use of any apple you need!

HOW TO MAKE MY APPLE SALAD

I did say upfront that there’s just a few elements to this apple salad, and I feel it’s value it when you’re going all out! BUT you may completely simplify it – be aware the numerous use of the phrases “non-compulsory step”within the following part:

• Candied walnuts (or pecans or different nuts) – Tremendous fast, 5 minutes on the range for crunchy toffee coated nuts. That is an non-compulsory step for show-off functions;

• Plump cranberries – Only a 5 minute soak in scorching water is all that’s required to rework shrivelled up dried cranberries (or any berries) into plump little balls that burst in your mouth whenever you chunk into them. Once more, non-compulsory!

• Sliced apple drizzled with lemon to cease them from browning – non-compulsory if serving instantly;

• Easy dressing made with vinegar, oil, mustard and sugar. Maintain it easy to let the whole lot else shine!

• Leafy greens, onion for a recent chunk and the teeniest crumble of feta or goats cheese primarily for garnish.

As I at all times do out of curiosity, I did a fast search on the web to see how others do Apple Salad. I used to be considerably bemused to see an astonishing array of mayo-laden salads made with apple.

Suffice to say, that is just about on the other finish of the spectrum. I’d describe this salad as recent and shiny with the zingy dressing, the crisp candy juiciness of apple, and the leafy greens, with added pops of flavour and textures from the sweet-tart (plumped!) cranberries and the crunch of the candied walnuts.

It truly is a terrific mixture! – Johnsat x

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Sarah Miller

Hi, I’m Sarah Millar!
I’m a food blogger who loves creating quick and easy recipes that bring big flavor without the fuss. Cooking doesn’t have to be complicated — and I’m here to share simple, fast food ideas that anyone can make at home. When I’m not in the kitchen, you’ll usually find me tasting new dishes, exploring cafés, or coming up with fresh food hacks to make everyday meals more fun.

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