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Ingredients
for
4
Salad with Spicy Blue Cheese, Nuts and Edible Flowers
25 min.
Time:
479
calories
Calories:
Health Score:
79 / 100
Ingredientsfor
- Ingredients
- 4 handfuls mixed Lettuce
- 40 grams edible Flowers (such as pansies and dandelions)
- 150 grams Blue cheese (such as Roquefort)
- 1 Red onion
- 150 grams Pecan
- 3 Tbsps olive oil
- 2 Tbsps honey
- 4 Tbsps White vinegar
- 2 Tbsps Apple juice
- salt
- peppers
Preparation
1.
Rinse the lettuce, trim, shake dry and tear into large pieces. Toss with the edible flowers and distribute between serving plates.
2.
Cut the blue cheese into pieces and sprinkle over the salad. Peel the onion and cut lengthwise into very thin strips.
3.
Toast the nuts in a dry frying pan until golden brown. Add the olive oil and honey and cook until slightly caramelized. Add the white wine vinegar and apple juice and then the onion. Bring to a boil then let cool. Season with salt and pepper. Just before serving, drizzle the nut and onion mixture over the salads.
Nutritional values
1 serving contains
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
(Percentage of daily recommendation)
| Calorie | 479 cal. | (23 %) | ||
| Protein | 13 g | (13 %) | ||
| Fat | 44 g | (38 %) | ||
| Carbohydrates | 9 g | (6 %) | ||
| Sugar added | 6 g | (24 %) | ||
| Roughage | 4.4 g | (15 %) |