Fresh spinach salad
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A light, juicy, piquant-tasting salad of fresh spinach, apples and nuts will appeal to all green salad lovers.
Fresh spinach salad with apples and nuts is an easy to prepare, healthy and tasty version of a green salad. Complemented with juicy apple slices, crunchy caramelized almonds and a spicy dressing based on olive oil and wine vinegar, the salad is light, juicy and pleasantly refreshing, and has a piquant, sweet-sour-salty taste. In addition to taste, the nuts and apples in the salad give the salad a richness and a very appetizing texture, highlighting the tenderness of fresh spinach leaves. Try it!
To make fresh spinach salad, you will need the ingredients listed.
Ингредиенты
Spinach – 200-250 g
Red onion – 50 g
Apple – 2-3 pcs. (taste)
Almonds – 150 g
Butter – 25-30 g
Sugar – 1 tbsp.
Sesame – 2 tbsp.
Refueling:
White wine vinegar – 3 tbsp.
Sugar – 2 tbsp.
Wig – 0.25-0.5 tsp.
Olive oil – 3 tbsp.
Salt - to taste
Ground black pepper - to taste
Рецепт
1. Prepare the dressing. Measure 2 tbsp into a small bowl. sugar, 3 tbsp. white wine vinegar and 0.25-0.5 tsp. sweet ground paprika. Mix everything thoroughly until the sugar dissolves.
2. Add thinly chopped red onion (1 small head), 2 tbsp. sesame seeds and 3 tbsp. olive oil.
3. Mix everything thoroughly again, taste the dressing and add salt and ground black pepper to taste. Let the dressing sit for at least 10-15 minutes while you prepare the remaining ingredients.
4. Melt the butter over low heat. Add shelled almonds or flaked almonds and stir-fry for 3-4 minutes until golden brown.
5. When the nuts are browned, add 1 tbsp to the pan. sugar, sprinkling the nuts evenly in a thin layer.
6. Fry for another 2-3 minutes until the sugar melts and turns into golden caramel. Then turn off the heat, transfer the nuts to a plate lined with baking paper and cool.
7. Separate the spinach leaves from the stems and roots, wash and dry thoroughly. Wash the apples (2-3 small ones), cut into quarters, remove the seed pods and cut into thin slices.
8. Tear the spinach leaves into small pieces and place in a salad bowl. Add the apple slices, prepared dressing and 3/4 of the caramelized almonds.
9. Mix everything thoroughly, taste the salad and, if necessary, add a little more salt and ground black pepper to taste.
10. Fresh spinach salad with apples and nuts is ready. Sprinkle the salad with the remaining nuts and serve.