Apple and lettuce salads are a perfect starter or side dish for your Christmas Eve, Christmas or New Year menu. As an appetizer, provide your guests with a light dish that curbs hunger, pleases the palate and prepares them for the main dishes that will come later, such as the typical baked turkey. As a companion, it is perfect for meats, as it refreshes and facilitates the digestion of heavy food.
What better reason for this selection? this holiday season brings to your table a subtle and refreshing proposal, the perfect complement for your Christmas dinner: a lettuce salad with apple and walnuts. Tasty and refreshing! This lettuce, apple and walnut salad enhances the flavors of the meats thanks to the bittersweet flavor of the dressing that we are going to put on it. In addition, it provides a crunchy texture thanks to the nuts that creates a whole range of textures and flavors very much in line with this season. Good luck and happy holidays!
Ingredients to make Apple and Lettuce Salad:
For the salad:
- 2 red apples
- 200 grams of chopped walnuts
- 1 romaine lettuce
- 50 grams of very thinly sliced celery (optional)
For the dressing:
- 4 tablespoons juice or orange juice
- 1 tablespoon of Dijon mustard
- 50 milliliters of olive oil
How to make Apple Lettuce Salad:
Organize your work space by arranging the ingredients and utensils necessary to prepare this exquisite recipe. Thus, wash the lettuce very well, separate the leaves and cut them if necessary. Next, cut the celery into very thin slices; wash and slice the apples as thin as possible without removing the skin; squeeze the juice from the orange; Chop the nuts or cut them in two, depending on your taste.
To prepare the apple and lettuce salad dressing, use a whisk, preferably a balloon type. Thus, mix 2 tablespoons of orange juice with the mustard. Slowly add the oil, so it will emulsify and leave a creamy and delicious sauce. Salt and pepper to taste.
Add the apple slices to the dressing and let them impregnate well, this way you will have a salad with a lot of flavor. So much so, that this salad seems perfect for New Year’s. Add the celery, nuts and lettuce, mix and plate immediately.
Apple Lettuce Salad is perfect for the holidays because of its freshness, flavor, and lightness. It is also ideal to accompany any type of main course or to serve during dinner, whether it is Christmas or not. Prepare your fork so you can taste this wonderful recipe.
