Photo: Orchard Salad Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 head red leaf lettuce
- 1 head green leaf lettuce
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice, a wedge
- 1 crisp red apple, such as McIntosh or Paula Red, thinly sliced
- 1 Anjou pear, thinly sliced
- 2 tablespoons apple cider
- 2 tablespoons cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil, eyeball it
- Salt and coarse black pepper
- 8 ounces sharp cheddar, thinly sliced
Directions
Coarsely chop lettuce. Squeeze the a little lemon juice over apples and pears and toss with greens. Combine cider, vinegar and sugar in a bowl and whisk in oil in a slow stream. Pour dressing over salad and season salad with salt and pepper and toss salad to combine and coat evenly. Serve salad with a garnish of sliced sharp cheddar cheese
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By JolieCat
Houston, TX
on June 11, 2011
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LOVE this salad! I bet I've made it 25 times now. I use just fuji or gala apples (no pears. I cut the cheddar into cubes & sometimes add thinly sliced cucumbers. Everyone always raves! I recommend using a really good cheddar, like Tillamook- it makes a big difference here.
By MissGG
on May 06, 2011
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I thought ORCHARD salads should consist of FRUIT/s AND NUT/s.I personally will choose white cheddar over the regular one.
By daniellel02
Evanston, il
on December 07, 2010
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I guess I am in the minority. I thought this salad was just ok. I think the wow factor for a salad lies heavily with the dressing and this dressing was just mediocre. As a whole, it wasn't bad but it just tasted like lettuce, apples, and pears.
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