Fuji Apple Salad Kimchi, Smoked Jowl & Maple Labne

In the winter, there’s practically nothing in the Greenmarkets around New York other than apples, cabbage, potatoes and more apples. So we don’t really have much choice about whether or not we’re going to cook with them and since we tend to take a minimal approach to our dessert offerings, we have always tried to incorporate them into our savoury menus.

We’re really into the Fuji apple: it’s tart and sweet and crisp. We messed around with making apple kimchi, but even the crispest a