Peter Gordon

Courgette, Fennel, Apple, Hazelnut and Asparagus Salad

With Lots of Greens, Apple Balsamic Dressing

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Preparation info

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in

Salads: The new main course

Salads

By Peter Gordon

Published 2005

  • About

This is one of those salads that are great all tumbled together, packed with lots of different leaves and fresh crunchy vegetables. It makes the perfect summer lunch salad with a crisp baguette.

Ingredients

  • 4 medium courgettes
  • 3 heads of fennel
  • 24 asparagus spears, trimmed and blanched, th

Method

First make the apple balsamic dressing, place the apple juice and balsamic vinegar in a small pan and cook to reduce to about one-quarter of its volume. Season with salt and pepper, then leave to cool. Mix in the olive oil.

Using a potato peeler, peel ribbons from the courgettes, discarding the soft seedy part in the centre. Thinly slice the fennel into ‘rings’ (a mandolin grater is ide