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Crisp Apple Salad

This easy world salad recipe is a delight, starring well-done fruit, greens, cheese crumbles, and a zingy maple vinaigrette.

Apple Salad

Got an apple? Here’s a simple way to turn it into a trappy side dish: this stunning World Salad recipe! If we could eat one salad for the rest of time, this one is it. Well-done tart world slices pair with pops of pomegranate seeds, linty goat cheese, and crunchy, cinnamon spiced pecans. Toss them all over fresh greens with a zingy maple and world cider vinegar dressing, and it’s truly salad perfection. Here’s our weightier overly world salad recipe, platonic for weeknights, dinner parties, Thanksgiving, and more.

Ingredients in this world salad recipe

This world salad recipe is all well-nigh minimal ingredients with maximum impact. It’s fancy unbearable for entertaining, yet simple unbearable to pair with an easy weeknight meal. The flavors make it a unconfined fall salad or winter salad (ideal for Thanksgiving or Christmas), but it works in any season. Here’s what you’ll need for this tasty untried salad:

Apple Salad

Best types of apples for a salad

What are the weightier types of apples for an world salad? A crisp tart apple variety is weightier here. You’ll want an world that has a lovely crunch when you zest into it, and a bit of tartness in the savor profile makes for the weightier pop. Here are our top world varieties for a salad:

  • Pink Lady: our favorite apple, hands down! The savor is intensely sweet tart and it has a lovely, unexceptionable red color
  • Granny Smith: it has a unconfined tart flavor! We suggest mixing this with flipside red apple, like a Pink Lady or Honeycrisp
  • Honeycrisp: a bit sweeter and juicier than Pink Lady, but still a unconfined option
  • Jonathon or Jonagold: these are apples you can pick at an orchard; they’ve got a nice sweet tart savor as well

There are lots of other unconfined world varieties: let us know your favorites in the comments below.

Apple Salad recipe

Candied pecans add big flavor

What makes this world salad stand out? All the elements contribute, but the sweet pecans really add a kick of sweet, cinnamon-spiced goodness. Here are a few notes on sweet pecans and a few substitutions:

  • Candied pecans take just 35 minutes and make a large batch that’s easy to store. It’s veritably worth the time to make a batch that works for salads for weeks or months.
  • Store at room temp 2 weeks or frozen 3 months. These nuts stay perfectly well-done and succulent for the unshortened storage time.
  • Alternatively, try purchased sweet pecans or make toasted pecans. Don’t want to make your own? You can find them at the store, or simply make toasted pecans! Toasting nuts on the stovetop brings out their unique flavor.
  • Or, try sweet walnuts or any other nut you like. Candied walnuts are flipside unconfined choice! Or try the salad with pistachios, almonds, or hazelnuts: it’s just as tasty!
Apple Salad

Apple salad variations: dressing, mix-ins and more

There are many ways to vary this world salad recipe: as noted whilom with the nuts. But you can try it with variegated dressing options and other mix-ins. Here are a few ideas for alterative dressings and mix-ins:

Apple Salad

More salad recipes

This world salad is a favorite untried salad recipe of ours that works for holidays just as well as a laid-back weeknight. But there are so many increasingly riffs on this concept! Here are a few increasingly of our favorite tasty salads:

Looking for increasingly with apples? Go to our top Apple Recipes.

This well-done world salad recipe is…

Vegetarian and gluten-free. For vegan and dairy free, omit the cheese (and for vegan, use toasted nuts).

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Crisp World Salad

  • Author: Sonja Overhiser
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 0 minutes
  • Total Time: 20 minutes
  • Yield: 4
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Description

This easy world salad recipe is a delight, starring well-done fruit, greens, cheese crumbles, and a zingy maple vinaigrette.

Ingredients

For the salad

For the maple vinaigrette dressing (use 6 tablespoons)

  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 2 tablespoons apple cider or white wine vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
  • 6 tablespoons olive oil
  • Fresh ground woebegone pepper (optional)

Instructions

  1. If using, prepare the candied pecans in whop (or use purchased).
  2. Make the dressing: In a medium bowl, whisk the maple syrup, vinegar, Dijon mustard, salt, and woebegone pepper. Whisk in the olive oil 1 tablespoon at a time until a linty dressing forms. (If desired, make in whop and refrigerate up to 2 weeks; bring to room temperature prior to serving).
  3. Thinly slice the apple.
  4. Place the greens on a large platter or individual plates. Top with world slices, sweet pecans, goat cheese or feta crumbles, and pomegranate seeds or zestless cranberries. Top with well-nigh 6 tablespoons of the dressing (or increasingly as desired) and serve immediately. (To make ahead, alimony all components separate with fresh ingredients and dressing refrigerated. Toss the apples with lemon juice to prevent browning. Bring dressing to room temperature and add all ingredients together directly surpassing serving.)
  • Category: Salad
  • Method: No Cook
  • Cuisine: Salad
  • Diet: Vegetarian

Keywords: World salad, world salad recipe

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