Apple, Carrot & Goats Cheese Salad
This autumnal salad combines crisp apples and carrots with soft salad leaves, crunchy nuts, seeds & croutons and creamy goat’s cheese. Wrapped up in an orange dressing, the crowning glory of this salad is a spoonful of our Wicked Apple Chutney, which brings all the flavours together and adds a final burst of tangy flavour. Buy Wicked Chutney here
Servings 2
Ingredients
Ingredients (serves 2)
For the Salad
- 60 g Lambs Lettuce
- 1 Carrot medium – about 60g
- 50 g Cucumber about 2 inches
- 1 Apple eating
- 1 Spring onion
- 2 Radishes
- 1 tbsp Pistachio Nuts roughly chopped
- 1 tbsp Pumpkin seeds
- 80 g Goat’s cheese
- 2 tbsp Wicked Apple Chutney
- 1 Slice of bread for croutons
For the Dressing
- 40 ml Olive oil
- 20 ml Orange juice
- ½ tsp Apple cider vinegar
- 1 tsp Honey
- 1/4 tsp Salt
- 1/8 tsp Pepper
Instructions
Prepare the croutons:
- Remove the crust from the bread and discard
- Cube the remaining bread and toss in a little olive oil
- Bake at 160C/ 310F/ GM 3½ for 20 minutes until golden and crispy (turn them midway to ensure even cooking)
- Set aside to cool
Prepare the dressing:
- Pour all ingredients into a small bowl
- Whisk until emulsified
- Taste and adjust seasoning as necessary
- Slice the cucumber lengthways, remove the seeds and slice into half-moons
- Finely slice the spring onion
- Top and tail the radish then slice into thin rounds
- Use a vegetable peeler to first remove the skin from the carrot then to cut the carrot into ribbons
- Put the lambs lettuce into a large mixing bowl and scatter in the chopped vegetables
- Next cut the apple into quarters, remove the core and finely slice. Add to the mixing bowl
- Pour the dressing over the salad and use your hands to toss everything together. Ensure the apple is thoroughly coated (this helps prevent browning)
- Divide the salad between 2 plates and top with the croutons, pistachio nuts and pumpkin seeds
- Slice the goat’s cheese into rounds and lay on top of the salad with a generous spoonful of Wicked Apple Chutney on top. Serve immediately
Serving Suggestions
- This robust salad makes a wonderful and satisfying lunch just as it is. Crusty bread is really the only addition that is necessary for those looking for a more filling version.
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