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What You’ll Need
There are a few things you need to make this salad:
- romaine lettuce, chopped
- crumbled gorgonzola
- green apples, sliced and chopped
- dried cranberries
- candied walnuts
- and of course – the dressing
Homemade Dressing
Homemade mustard vinaigrette is key. Â It is so simple to make, so suppress the urge to buy a store bought dressing. Â You throw everything in a blender and you are done in seconds. Â All you’ll need is:
- olive oil
- apple cider vinegar
- red onion
- garlic
- dijion mustard
- oregano
- salt and pepper
Candied Pecans
As far as the candied Walnuts? Â There is a fabulous recipe here on the blog for cinnamon pecans. Â I used this recipe – and the pecans were fabulous in the salad! Â If you want walnuts, just sub them for the pecans – it will turn out great! Â I’ll include the recipe in the card below.
Delicious Combination
So take my advice and add this salad to your menu this week. Â It truly is a delicious combination of crunchy apples, sweet cranberries, and creamy gorgonzola.
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- 2 romaine lettuce hearts chopped
- 1 cup crumbled Gorgonzola cheese
- 1 cup dried cranberries
- 1 green apple diced
- 1 green apple sliced
- 1 cup candied pecans recipe below
- mustard vinaigrette recipe below
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/2 tsp ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp ground black pepper
- pinch of ground red pepper
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 1/2 cups whole pecans
- 1 clove garlic
- 1/4 red onion
- 2 tbsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
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Toss together lettuce, cheese, diced apple, walnuts, and cranberries. Toss with desired amount of mustard vinaigrette. Garnish with sliced apples.
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Combine all ingredients in a frying pan. Heat over medium heat until sugar is melted and nuts are toasted.
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Transfer to a lightly greased sheet of foil to cool.
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Store in a ziplock bag
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Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
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This salad is so fresh, one of our favorites for sure!
Can salad be made ahead, and how long?
How do you keep apples from turning brown.
Keep them in water with a little lemon juice.
As an expert on learned helplessness, i’ve been in charge of bringing salads To family gatherings. After bringing this, my kin are thinking twice about me bringing a main course!
This is a very easy salad to make and it’s guaranteed to impress. I’m not a fan of onions, so the first time I made this, I skimped on them. Trust me – you need the amount of onion called for for all the flavors to blend.
This is an absolutely fantastic salad!
Great salad. Id cut back on the dijon. Maybe only 1 tbs.
I love this salad from this resturant and love your copycat version. So glad I can make it at home
I found this very close to what I have had from them. I personally found that 2 tbs of Dijon was a little much and added about 1/2 tsp of honey to round it out. I might have a less sweet apple cider vinegar though. Otherwise, I did not alter the recipe at all and enjoyed it.
This apple gorgonzola salad is the bomb!!! Everytime there is a function they want me to bring the salad because they know i make really good salads. When i make this gorgonzola salad , everybody raves about this salad!!! And i make different kinds of salad all the time. But this is my favorite!!!
Lisa R.
Thank you so much! This made my day!
I bought candied walnuts to save time and used shallots as my husband doesn’t care for red onions. This was excellent and easy! Love the flavors together!
Perfect! I don’t bother using a blender for the dressing and it’s delicious every time. Such a treat.
This dressing is one of my favorites and the salad is a staple in my lunch rotation. So fresh and delicious! I don’t always take the time to candy the pecans but it is still delicious with plain