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Ambrosia apple and rutabaga salad

Portions:
4
Preparation:
20 minutes

Ingredients

Vinaigrette

  • 25 ml (1 ½ tablespoons) maple syrup
  • 45 ml (3 tablespoons) cider vinegar
  • Fleur de sel to taste

Salad

  • 100 g rutabaga, about half a rutabaga
  • 2 Ambrosia apples
  • 6 Boston lettuce leaves
  • 60 ml (¼ cup) extra-virgin olive oil
  • 30 ml (2 tablespoons) roasted sunflower seeds
  • Parsley, chopped to taste
  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • Fleur de sel to taste

Preparation

Preparation (vinaigrette)

  1. Make the dressing by combining the maple syrup, cider vinegar and a pinch of salt in a large bowl.

Preparation (salad)

  1. Cut the rutabaga very thinly (like paper) using a mandolin, and place the slices in the vinaigrette.
  2. Stir to coat the rutabaga.
  3. Marinate for 30 minutes in the refrigerator.

Final assembly

  1. After this time, cut the apple into julienne strips with a knife or mandolin, ¼ cm thick, and add to the bowl.
  2. Add torn lettuce leaves, olive oil, sunflower seeds, parsley, salt and freshly ground pepper.
  3. Toss, place salad on plates and sprinkle with fleur de sel to balance the sweetness of the dish.

Tips and tricks

Recipe by : Stelio Perombelon