Roasted Pecan Apple Salad |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 0 Minutes |
Ready In: 0 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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This delicious salad combines sweet apples and roasted pecans with tangy watercress and blue cheese to make music in your mouth. Who needs a main course? Ingredients:
salad |
1 head red leaf lettuce |
1 head bib leaf lettuce |
1 c watercress |
2 red delecious apples |
3/4 c blue cheese |
3/4 c roasted pecans |
roast pecans |
3/4 c chopped pecans |
1/4 c corn syrup |
1/4 c butter |
2t water |
1/4 tsp salt |
dressing |
1/4 c walnut oil |
1/4c cyder vineger |
2t shallot (finely chopped) |
2 t lemon juice |
1/4 tsp salt |
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to250
2. Bring corn syrup, butter, water, and salt to boil
3. Add pecans and stir a few minutes
4. Spread on well greased cookie sheet
5. Bake for an hour and stir every ten minutes.
6. Slice apples thin and length wise.
7. Hint: when sliced place them in a bowl with cold water and cyder vinegar, this will prevent them from browning.
8. On individual plates place a nice big leaf of the bib lettuce. Then place the salad mixed with dressing on top. Place the thinly slice apple in a radial circle and sprinkle your roased pecans and blue cheese.
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