Fennel-Apple Salad With Walnuts
from cooking.nytimes.comNotes
The mandolin is optional, you can thinly slice the fennel with a knife. You can use a different hard, salty cheese instead of Parmesan.
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp lemon juice, plus more to taste
- ½ tsp fine sea salt, plus more to taste
- Freshly ground black pepper
- ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 3 large fennel bulbs, thinly sliced on a mandoline
- 2 Granny Smith apples, halved and cored, thinly sliced on a mandoline
- 3 celery stalks, thinly sliced on a mandoline
- ⅓ cup fennel fronds or roughly chopped parsley leaves
- ½ cup toasted walnuts
- 2½ oz Parmesan, shaved with a vegetable peeler (about ⅔ cup)
Instructions
- In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, salt and pepper. Slowly drizzle in oil, continuously whisking, until dressing is emulsified. Taste and add more lemon juice and/or salt if needed.
- In a large bowl, toss the dressing with fennel, apple and celery. Fold in fennel fronds or parsley and walnuts. Top with Parmesan just before serving.