RECIPE

Fennel, Apple and Celery Salad with Watercress

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 25 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 12

To maintain crispness, toss the salad just before setting it out on the buffet.

  • ACTIVE:
  • TOTAL TIME: 25 MIN
  • SERVINGS: 12
  • FAST
  • HEALTHY
  • VEGETARIAN

Ingredients

  • Ingredients
    1. 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
    2. 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, plus 1/2 lemon
    3. 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
    4. Salt and freshly ground pepper
    5. 6 medium celery ribs, peeled and thinly sliced crosswise on a mandoline
    6. 4 medium fennel bulbs—halved, cored and thinly sliced on a mandoline
    7. 2 Granny Smith apples—halved, cored and thinly sliced on a mandoline
    8. Three 6-ounce bunches of watercress, large stems discarded
    9. 1 cup seedless red grapes, halved
    10. 3/4 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley

Directions

  1. In a small bowl, mix the olive oil, lemon juice and vinegar. Season with salt and pepper. In a large bowl, squeeze the 1/2 lemon over the celery, fennel and apples and toss well.
  2. In another large bowl, toss the watercress with 1/4 cup of the vinaigrette. Add the grapes, parsley and the remaining vinaigrette to the celery, fennel and apples and toss well. Arrange over the watercress and serve.