Chopped Autumn Salad with Apple Cider Dressing
This crunchy salad, scented with cinnamon, apples and pears, is from the Crème De La Crumb blog.
Makes 8 servings
6 to 8 cups chopped romaine lettuce
1 red apple, diced
1 Anjou or Bartlett pear, diced
3 to 4 strips bacon, cooked until almost crisp, crumbled
1⁄2 red onion, chopped
1/3 cup dried cranberries
1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese 2/3 cup pecans or walnuts
1/3 cup packed brown sugar
1⁄4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Dressing:
1/3 cup apple juice
1/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons honey
⁄4 teaspoon black pepper 1
In a large bowl, combine lettuce, apple, pear, bacon, onion, cranberries and feta cheese.
Add nuts to a medium pan and stir over medium heat until toasted, 1 to 2 minutes. Add brown sugar and cinnamon and continue to stir until sugar is dissolved and walnuts are coated in the sugar mixture. Transfer to a glass plate or a metal serving pan to cool. When cool, roughly chop and add to salad bowl.
Combine apple juice, vinegar, olive oil, honey and black pepper in a jar. Cover and shake well.
Pour dressing over salad, toss to combine, and serve immediately.