Best Watercress Endive And Apple Salad With Cider Dressing Recipes

ENDIVE AND APPLE SALAD

Endive and Apple Salad image

This salad came to The Times from Kathryn Anible, a personal chef in New York, whose solution to adding color to your winter table lies in this fresh, crunchy salad. "I just like it because the endive is not frequently used in salads, and it tends to be a little bitter," she said. "The apple sweetens it up a little bit and makes it more approachable. It has a nice crunchy, fresh texture."

Provided by Tara Parker-Pope

Categories salads and dressings

Time 20m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1/4 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon orange juice
1 teaspoon honey
Dash of salt
1/4 cup pecans
2 heads of endive, chopped
1 cup arugula
1 apple, sliced thin
1/4 cup dried cherries or cranberries
1/4 cup goat cheese, crumbled (optional)

Steps:

To make dressing: In a small bowl, whisk together the oil, vinegar, juice and honey. Season with salt.
In a small sauté pan, toast the pecans over medium heat. Allow to cool.
Mix together the endive, arugula, apple and cherries (or cranberries) in a medium-size bowl. Toss with enough dressing to coat. Top with the pecans and goat cheese (optional).

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 222, UnsaturatedFat 15 grams, Carbohydrate 15 grams, Fat 18 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 1 gram, SaturatedFat 2 grams, Sodium 43 milligrams, Sugar 11 grams

WATERCRESS APPLE AND WITLOF SALAD

Watercress Apple and Witlof Salad image

Provided by Food Network

Categories appetizer

Time 15m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1 bunch watercress, stemmed
2 witlofs or Belgian endives, outer leaves discarded
1 apple
Juice of 1/2 lemon
2 teaspoons Champagne vinegar
2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Steps:

In a salad bowl, combine the watercress and witlof leaves. Quarter the apple, remove its core and thinly slice the fruit. Sprinkle the apple with some of the lemon juice and add the apple slices to the salad greens.
In a small bowl, whisk together the remaining lemon juice, vinegar, mustard and olive oil, then adjust the seasonings with salt and black pepper, to taste. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and serve.

WATERCRESS, ENDIVE AND APPLE SALAD WITH CIDER DRESSING

Watercress, Endive and Apple Salad with Cider Dressing image

Categories Salad Fruit Apple Almond Endive Watercress Gourmet

Yield Serves 6

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

1 tablespoon apple cider
1 tablespoon cider vinegar
2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon Dijon-style mustard
1 tablespoon minced shallot
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1/8 teaspoon dried thyme, crumbled
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 1/2 Red Delicious apples
2 Belgian endives, 2 inches cut from the tips and reserved for garnish and the remainder cut crosswise into 1/2-inch-thick slices
6 cups loosely packed watercress sprigs, rinsed and spun dry
3 tablespoons crumbled sliced almonds

Steps:

In a bowl whisk together the cider, the vinegar, the lemon juice, the mustard, the shallot, the Worcestershire sauce, the thyme, and salt and pepper to taste, add the oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk the dressing until it is emulsified. Let the dressing stand at room temperature for 30 minutes to let the flavors develop. In another bowl toss the apples, cored and cut into 1/2-inch pieces, with 2 tablespoons of the dressing. In a large bowl toss together the endive slices and the watercress with the remaining dressing and divide the watercress mixture among the 6 salad plates. Top the watercress with the apples and the almonds and garnish the plates with the reserved endive tips.