| Total: | 15 min |
| Prep: | 15 min |
| Yield: | 10 servings |
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 pounds Red Delicious Apples
- 5 ounces celery
- 3 ounces mayonnaise
- 2 ounces chopped walnuts
- 1/2 squeezed lemon, to taste
- Garnish with: orange segments, berries, kiwi, small vegetable flowers
Instructions
- Peel, core and medium dice the red delicious apples. Apples start with approximately 2 pounds of apple to yield 1 1/4 pounds of diced apple. Place in a mixing bowl and mix with the lemon juice. This will keep the apple from discoloring. Before dicing the celery, blanch it in boiling water for 60 seconds and cool it with cold water. This will bring out the sweet flavor and extend the salads shelf life. Combine diced apple, lemon juice, mayonnaise, celery and chill. Serve on a bed of lettuce topped with walnuts and add a simple fruit garnish. Traditionally this is also served with tiny sweet finger sandwiches. (Example: date nut bread and raspberry jam.)
- Serve with: Boston or Romaine leaf lettuce .
Nutrition Facts
| Serving Size | 1 of 10 servings |
| Calories | 132 |
| Total Fat | 10 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Carbohydrates | 9 g |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Sugar | 6 g |
| Protein | 1 g |
| Cholesterol | 3 mg |
| Sodium | 61 mg |
Reviews
Excellent,just a little blue cheese crumbles and it is prefect!
My cousin did this salad when I spent my thanksgiving day in VA. I can’t resist eating the salad and when i got home, I tried this recipe, and my kid’s loved it very much! thanks to food network, for bringing this salad into our menu.
I remember eating this salad at grandmas house back in the 50’s .I tryed this recipe the other day its the same as grandms. It brought back a lot of wonderful memeries
I have made this recipe a few times and we ‘ve always like it! I prefer to use fuji apples because they are sweeter and crunchier. Try not blanching the celery in boiling water anymore…the crunchier the celery the better and i think the color is so much nicer as they are. I normally toast the walnuts in a pan with a little bit of olive oil then I put a little bit of sugar. Let the caramel coat the walnuts. try using more walnuts.
not too tart, just right, however I did add dried cranberries to it and made it even better
excellent recipe. great for the holidays