Butter Lettuce With Apples, Walnuts And Pomegranate

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 heads butter lettuce, gently torn
• 1 1/2 cups walnuts, glazed (homemade or store bought)
• 1 apple, quartered, cored and slided thinly (fuji or honeycrisp)
• 1 cup pomegranate seeds
• 1/4 cup tarragon leaf, fresh (choose another fresh herb if not available)
• 1/2 cup blue cheese, crumbled
• kosher salt
• pepper (do i have to say fresh ground?)
• 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
• 1 tablespoon honey
• 1 tablespoon shallot, finely chopped (red or other onion can be subbed)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons dijon mustard
• 1/3 cup canola oil (if you prefer another, use it)
• kosher salt
• black pepper

Recipe

• 1 vinaigrette: whisk first 4 ingredients in a medium bowl. gradually whisk in the oil. season with salt and pepper.
• 2 salad: place lettuce in a large bowl.
• 3 add apples, walnuts and vinaigrette.and toss to coat.
• 4 season with salt and pepper.
• 5 garnish with pomegranate, tarragon and blue cheese.