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Fall Green Salad with Apples, Nuts, and Pain d’Épice Dressing





Yields
Serves 6



Total Time
30 mins

The spices in this salad are like those in French gingerbread, or pain d’épice. If you make it with walnut oil, use walnuts; if you make it with hazelnut oil, use hazelnuts.

 

This recipe, and others like it, can be found in the article “32 Delicious Ways to Savor Apple Season.”

Fall Green Salad with Apples, Nuts, and Pain d’Epice Dressing




Annabelle Breakey
 3/4 cup walnut halves or hazelnuts
 2 cups 1/2-in. cubes rustic multigrain loaf with crusts removed
 4 tablespoons roasted walnut oil* or roasted hazelnut oil, divided
 1 teaspoon orange zest
 1/3 cup orange juice
 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
  About 1/4 tsp. each kosher salt and pepper
 2 qts. lightly packed small lettuce leaves or pieces, preferably a mix of colors
 2 cups lightly packed frisée
 1 tart-sweet apple such as Jonathan, thinly sliced
Step 1
1

Preheat oven to 350°. Put walnuts in a pie pan. In another pie pan, toss bread with 1 tbsp. oil. Bake walnuts and bread, stirring occasionally, until walnuts are golden and croutons are golden and crisp, 12 to 15 minutes. Let cool. Coarsely chop nuts.

Step 2
2

Whisk remaining 3 tbsp. oil, the zest, orange juice, spices, and 1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper in a large bowl. Toss gently with lettuce, frisée, apple, nuts, and croutons. Add more salt and pepper to taste if you like.

Step 3
3

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Step 4
4

Note: Nutritional analysis is per serving.

Nutrition Facts

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Amount per serving
Calories219
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 18g24%

Saturated Fat 1.6g8%
Cholesterol 0.0mg0%
Sodium 99mg5%
Total Carbohydrate 14g6%

Dietary Fiber 3.9g14%
Protein 4.3g

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.