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Waldorf Salad With Cranberries And Pecans In Radicchio Cups

This updated classic adds dashes of red -- and depth of flavor -- to the usual apple, celery, and walnut mix. Make the salad ahead and refrigerate, then add the watercress and pecans right before serving.

Courses: Salads
Serves: 8 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 cup 237mlMayonnaise
1 teaspoon 5mlGrated lemon peel
1 teaspoon 5mlFresh lemon juice
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
6   Granny Smith apples - (abt 2 1/2 lbs) - unpeeled, cored,
  And cut into 1/2" pieces
1 1/2 cups 165g / 5.8ozChopped celery
1 1/2 cups 219g / 7.7ozChopped radishes
3/4 cup 69g / 2.4ozDried cranberries
1/2 cup 31g / 1.1ozFinely chopped red onion
2 cups 80g / 2.8ozWatercress leaves
1 1/2 cups 219g / 7.7ozPecans - toasted, chopped
2   Radicchio heads - leaves separated

Recipe Instructions

Mix mayonnaise, lemon peel, and fresh lemon juice in medium bowl to blend. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Refrigerate 15 minutes.

Toss apples, celery, radishes, cranberries, and red onion in large bowl. Add lemon mayonnaise and toss to coat. (Can be prepared up to 8 hours ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)

Fold watercress and pecans into salad. Arrange 2 radicchio leaves on each plate. Spoon salad into center of radicchio leaves and serve.

This recipe yields 8 to 10 servings.

Source:
Bon Appetit, November 2002

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