Name: Orchard and Field Salad
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japan
Ingredients: 3 ounces seedless green grapes; 1 large Golden Delicious apple, about 7 ounces; 8-10 ounces daikon (Japanese white radish); 1 teaspoon salt; 4 sprigs fresh mint, for garnish (optional); ⅓ cup rice vinegar; 2 tablespoons sugar

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

An American Taste of Japan

By Elizabeth Andoh

Published 1985

About

Here’s an unusual fruit-and-vegetable mélange that nicely complements grilled or fried fish and poultry.

Ingredients

⅓ cup rice vinegar
2 tablespoons sugar
8-10 ounces<

Method

Combine the rice vinegar and sugar in a small glass or ceramic saucepan, and heat the mixture slowly, stirring to dissolve the sugar. Pour it into a heat-proof pint-size glass or ceramic container and set aside to cool to room temperature.

Peel the radish and save the peels for making the sauté, if you wish, or discard. Cut the radish into