Radicchio & Endive Salad with Pecans, Apple & Mandarin
By: Julia Mueller
Published: Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 10:23am

Ingredients




For the salad
3 Belgian endives
½ head of radicchio
2 mandarins
1 Fugi apple
½ cup pecans, toasted
For the dressing
¼ cup apple cider vinegar
1/8 cup Olive oil
1 tablespoon honey
1 1/2 tablespoons stone ground mustard
1 teaspoon fennel seed
½ teaspoon garlic powder
1/4 teaspoon ground thyme
Salt & fresh ground black pepper to taste

Preparation

1 In a small bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the dressing and mix well.  Heat a small skillet over medium heat and gently toast the pecans, about 3 to 5 minutes.  Chop the endives, radicchio and apple and place in a large serving or mixing bowl. 2 Peel the mandarins, section them out and put them and the pecans with the other ingredients . 3 Drizzle desired amount of dressing over all ingredients and toss until salad has a thin coat of dressing over it.  I like my salads to have a strong dressing flavor, so if you are the same way, use all of the dressing from the above recipe – if you like the flavor to be more subtle, use half and then test out the salad before adding more. 4 Allow salad to sit in the refrigerator at least 30 minutes before serving so that the vinegar (and other liquids) soften the endive and radicchio leaves a little and break down some of the bitter taste.

About

This winter salad has the perfect taste and texture combinations, incorporating crunchy, soft and bitter, sweet and tangy elements all into one healthful salad