FENNEL, CELERY AND APPLE SALAD
A crisp, elegant and tasty salad for any meal.
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- ½ cup walnuts
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- juice of 1 lemon (2 tbsp)
- salt and pepper
- 2 celery ribs , diagonally sliced to ¼ inch
- 1 fennel bulb , trimmed and thinly sliced
- 1 honeycrisp or other variety apple , cored and sliced thin
- ¼ cup basil leaves , coarsely chopped or torn
- Pecorino romano cheese shavings
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees, toast walnuts on an oven sheet, 8 minutes, then coarse chop.
- Using a large bowl, whisk the olive oil and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper.
- Add the fennel, celery, apple and basil.
- Toss to coat.
- Serve in shallow bowls, sprinkle with walnuts.
- Garnish with shaved cheese.