Christmas Salad
Showstopping and festive salad with red cabbage, pomegranate, and candied nuts.
Servings: 8 people
Ingredients
Candied almonds
- 50 grams almonds
- 25 grams sugar granulated
- 25 ml water
Salad
- 1/2 pomegranate deseeded
- 1/4 red cabbage
- 1/2 red onion
- 2 apples red
- 4 tablespoons raisins
- 2 tablespoons fresh mint
Dressing
- 20 ml extra virgin olive oil
- 18 ml maple syrup
- 1 lime
- sea salt to taste
- pepper to taste
Instructions
Candied Nuts
- Heat a medium-sized pan on medium-high heat
- Add the almonds, sugar, and water, and mix until the water evaporates and the sugar starts to look dry.
- When the sugar starts to melt, and most of the nuts are shiny, the candied nuts are done.
- Drop the nuts onto parchment paper. Use a wooden spoon to spread them out and let them cool.
Salad
- Shred the red cabbage finely on a mandolin.
- Slice the red onion and chop the apples and mint.
- Quarter the lime and pour the juice of one quarter over the chopped apples. Use a spoon to mix.
Dressing
- Mix olive oil, the remaining lime juice, maple syrup, sea salt, and pepper to taste.
To assemble
- Roughly chop the candied almonds.
- Add the shredded red cabbage, pomegranate, raisins, red onions, apples, and half of the chopped mint.
- Top with the dressing and mix well.
- Plate the salad and sprinkle the nuts on top.
- Cut out a few tomato flowers with the cookie cutter and scatter on top of the salad.
- Garnish with the remaining chopped mint.
- Serve.
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Nutrition
Calories: 151kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 6g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 0.001g | Sodium: 11mg | Potassium: 287mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 322IU | Vitamin C: 22mg | Calcium: 43mg | Iron: 1mg