Apple Walnut Salad With Stilton Cheese

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 6 ounces stilton cheese
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
• 2 tablespoons heavy cream (double)
• 1 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 6 sweet apples, unpeeled cored and cut into 1/2 inch dice (braeburn, gala, red delicious)
• 4 stalks celery, thinly sliced (save leaves for garnish)
• 2 tablespoons dried currants or 2 tablespoons raisins
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
• 1/2 cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted

Recipe

• 1 put one third of the cheese in a large bowl.
• 2 add olive oil and using a fork, mash together the cheese and oil.
• 3 add vinegar and continue to mash and mix.
• 4 add cream and pepper and mix well to make a thick creamy dressing.
• 5 add the apples, sliced celery, currants, and lemon juice to the dressing and mix well.
• 6 crumble the remaining cheese and sprinkle it over the salad along with half of the walnuts.
• 7 mix them into the salad gently and evenly.
• 8 transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with the remaining walnuts and celery leaves.
• 9 serve right away.
• 10 toasted walnuts.
• 11 preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• 12 spread nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet.
• 13 place baking sheet in the oven and toast, stirring occasionally, until nuts are lightly browned, fragrant, and coated in a layer of their own oil.
• 14 depending on the size of the nuts this may take between 10-20 minutes.
• 15 remove the nuts from the pan as soon as they start to look done.
• 16 pour them onto a plate to cool.