Watercress, Fennel & Green Apple Salad

Make salad dressing

Start: T-42h (03/20 7:00pm) | Duration: 5m

Storage: Store dressing in salad dressing shaker in the refrigerator for up to 2-3 days.

Ingredients Steps
  • 3 teaspoon olive oil
  • 2 teaspoon lemon juice, fresh
  • Kosher salt
1. Combine olive oil, lemon juice, and salt in a salad dressing shaker
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Prep the fennel

Start: T-18.17h (03/21 6:50pm) | Duration: 10m

Storage: Store shaved fennel and reserved fronds in an airtight containers in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

Ingredients Steps
  • 40 gram fennel bulb, very thinly shaved (~1/2 a bulb)
1. Trim the fennel bulb and remove the thick outer stalks. Reserve the fronds for garnish. Using a mandoline or very sharp knife, thinly shave the fennel bulb

Prep the apple

Start: T-4h (03/22 9:00am) | Duration: 10m

Storage: Store apples in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 4-6 hours

Ingredients Steps
  • 25 gram green apple, julienned (matchsticks)
1. Core the apple and cut into matchsticks using julienne blade on mandoline
  • lemon juice
2. Toss with a squeeze of lemon juice to prevent browning

Prep the watercress

Start: T-3.83h (03/22 9:10am) | Duration: 10m

Storage: Store in refrigerator in a paper towel-lined container for up to 6 hours

Ingredients Steps
  • 90 gram watercress, trimmed (thick stems removed) (~60% of total volume)
1. Wash and trim the watercress, removing thick stems. Spin dry in a salad spinner or pat dry with tea towels

Assemble and serve the salad

Start: T=0 (03/22 1:00pm) | Duration: 5m

Follows: make-salad-dressing, mise-en-place-fennel, mise-en-place-apple, mise-en-place-watercress

Storage: Serve immediately

Ingredients Steps
  • salad dressing (see above)
1. Allow salad dressing to return to room temperature and shake well before using
  • Kosher salt
  • prepped fennel (see above)
  • prepped apple (see above)
2. Without over dressing, dress fennel and apples until lightly coated. Season with kosher salt to taste
  • Kosher salt
  • prepped watercress (see above)
3. In a bowl, very gently fold the dressed fennel and apples with the watercress until just combined. Season with kosher salt to taste
  • fennel fronds (see above)
  • Edible flower petals (colorful, included for contrast not flavor)
  • Maldon salt
4. Plate salad on a large plate and garnish with fennel fronds, flower petals, and Maldon salt