Winter apple pecan salad

Winter apple pecan salad with various greens, apple wedges, crumbled blue cheese and sugar-coated pecans.

Sugar-coated pecans add the finishing touch to this satisfying winter apple pecan salad. Hearty winter greens—escarole, radicchio and frisée—are combined with crunchy red apple wedges and crumbled blue cheese and then topped with a simple vinaigrette to create the ultimate cold-weather comfort food.

Yield: 6 servings
Nutrition facts: Per serving: 311 calories, 25 g fat, 17 g carbohydrates (3.5 g fiber), 8 g protein

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Ingredients

1 tsp. plus ¼ cup olive oil
½ cup pecans
2 Tbsp. sugar
¾ tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. sherry vinegar
1 small shallot, minced
¼ tsp. pepper
4 cups torn escarole (8 oz.)
1 small head radicchio (3½ oz.), torn into bite-size pieces (2 cups)
2 cups torn frisée
2 red apples (1 lb.), halved and cut into ¼-in.-thick wedges
6 oz. blue cheese, crumbled

Directions

  1. In small skillet, heat 1 teaspoon oil over low heat. Add pecans and sugar, and cook, stirring, until sugar melts and turns amber, and pecans are crisp and coated, about 5 minutes. Transfer to bowl. Sprinkle with ¼ teaspoon of salt.
  2. In large bowl, whisk together vinegar, remaining ¼ cup oil, shallot, remaining ½ teaspoon salt and pepper.
  3. Add escarole, radicchio, frisée and apples. Toss well. Top with cheese and pecans.
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