Spinach salad w/ apple hazelnut dressing

Submitted by Bekah

"Light salad for the hot summer. From my local newspaper."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 8 ounces apple juice
• 2 cloves chopped garlic
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 1 tablespoon sherry wine vinegar
• 1⁄8 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1⁄8 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 6 ounces extra virgin olive oil
• 3 tablespoons toasted chopped hazelnuts
• 3 bunches fresh spinach, well washed and drained
• salt and pepper
• 1⁄2 medium red onion, sliced
• 1 apple, sliced

directions

1. In saucepan on high heat, cook apple juice until it is reduced till only 1/4 cup remains.
2. This should take approximately 15 minutes.
3. Pour reduced juice into a non-reactive bowl and let cool.
4. When cool, mix in garlic, mustard, vinegar, worcestershire, tabasco and lemon juice.
5. Whisk olive oil in slowly, add nuts and salt and pepper to taste.
6. Rip spinach into bite sized pieces and place in serving bowl.
7. Pour dressing over spinach and toss.
8. Garnish with onion and apple.
9. ENJOY!

Reviews

[DDW]

Very good salad! I made the dressing exactly as directed. The dressing has great flavor and tastes great with the apples. I sliced up a whole apple so there was a lot of fruit in it rather than just a garnishing. I accidentally put too much dressing on the salad so I would add and toss it slowly so you get the amount of dressing you prefer. For our family of four the dressing will make the salad for 2 meals.

 

[Rita1652]

Yummo! I added to the salad carrot, red pepper, turkey bacon, using yellow onion. For the dressing I used apple sauce because I didn`t have juice not cooking it and it worked great! I made for the Comfort cafe http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=288536&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=915 Thanks!