Blue cheese, walnut and apple salad

Name: Blue cheese, walnut and apple salad
Cook time: 30 min
Ingredients: 100ml olive oil; 1 tbsp red wine vinegar; 1 tsp Dijon mustard; ½ tsp brown sugar; Salt and pepper; 2 red apples, quartered, cored and thinly sliced; 1 handful walnuts, roasted; 2 handfuls picked watercress; 1 handful picked flat parsley; 1 handful rocket leaves; 200g blue cheese; Serves 4

Jeremy and Jane Strode

October 19, 2011

Blue cheese, walnut and apple saladEdwina Pickles

Time:< 30 mins

This salad is a classic for all the right reasons. It has plenty of different textures, with a great balance of sweet, salty and earthy flavours and it makes a perfect light lunch or entree.

Ingredients

100ml olive oil
1 tbsp red wine vinegar
1 tsp Dijon mustard
½ tsp brown sugar
Salt and pepper
2 red apples, quartered, cored and thinly sliced
1 handful walnuts, roasted
2 handfuls picked watercress
1 handful picked flat parsley
1 handful rocket leaves
200g blue cheese
Serves 4

Method

To make the dressing, mix olive oil, vinegar, mustard and sugar; season with salt and pepper. Toss all remaining ingredients, except the cheese, in a large bowl.
Dress, then crumble cheese over salad. Give one last toss before serving.

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