Shaved Fennel Zucchini And Celery Salad Food

SHAVED FENNEL, ZUCCHINI, AND CELERY SALAD

Steps:

• Combine celery, fennel, zucchini, oil, vinegar, and beans in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper. Refrigerate 1 hour.
• Stir in almonds and season with more salt and pepper just before serving.

FENNEL AND CELERY SALAD WITH LEMON AND PARMESAN

Steps:

• Make the dressing: Put lemon juice, zest and garlic in a small bowl. Add a pinch of salt and pepper. Stir in olive oil. Set dressing aside for at least 10 minutes.
• Prepare the salad: Place sliced fennel and celery in a salad bowl. Season lightly with salt and pepper.
• Discard garlic from the dressing, and whisk dressing. Pour over vegetables, and toss well. Taste and adjust seasoning.
• To serve, transfer salad to a platter, and surround with radicchio, if using. Use a vegetable peeler to shave Parmesan generously over the salad. Sprinkle with parsley and basil. Garnish with radishes, if desired.

FENNEL-APPLE SALAD WITH WALNUTS

Steps:

• In a small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, salt and pepper. Slowly drizzle in oil, continuously whisking, until dressing is emulsified. Taste and add more lemon juice and/or salt if needed.
• In a large bowl, toss the dressing with fennel, apple and celery. Fold in fennel fronds or parsley and walnuts. Top with Parmesan just before serving.

SHAVED VEGETABLE SALAD

Steps:

• Choose a selection of colorful vegetables from among, for example: zucchini, carrot, red and yellow beets, fennel, kohlrabi, celery, asparagus, radishes, snow peas. Peel the vegetables that need peeling. Slice the bulb-like vegetables very, very thinly on a mandoline. Use a vegetable peeler for tricky vegetables such as asparagus, and sliver anything like the snow peas with a knife.
• Toss everything except for the beets in a bowl with olive oil to coat. Add a handful or two of chopped dill and the zest of a lemon. Season with fleur de sel, freshly ground pepper, and lemon juice, to taste. Arrange on a serving platter with the beet slices added in decoratively as you arrange the rest. Serve.

FENNEL, CELERY AND RED ONION SALAD WITH SALAMI AND CHEESE

Steps:

• If you have a mandoline, shave the fennel. Otherwise, slice very thinly. Slice celery thinly on the bias.
• Combine fennel, celery, onion, salami and cheese in a large bowl.
• Drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper. Toss thoroughly. Add fennel fronds and toss gently.
• Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

FENNEL AND CELERY SALAD

Steps:

• Cut fennel bulbs in quarters lengthwise, discarding outer layer if it is exceedingly tough. Use a mandoline to slice quarters thinly; slice celery equally thin.
• Put sliced fennel and celery into a large bowl and drizzle with olive oil and lemon juice. Season with salt and pepper and toss gently to combine. Top with lots of freshly shaved Parmesan and chopped fennel fronds.
• I use a vegetable peeler to shave off large, thin slices of parmesan, but you could use shredded, if you like.

SHAVED FENNEL AND CHICKPEA SALAD

Steps:

• Put the soaked chickpeas in a medium saucepan along with about three quarts of water, and set over medium-high heat. Bring to a gentle simmer, and cook 1-2 hours, depending on the age of the chickpeas.
• Tie the celery, carrot, onion, lemon peel, 1 garlic clove, and rosemary in a piece of cheesecloth and add it to the pot. Season the beans generously with salt and add 1/4 cup of olive oil.
• Once the beans are cooked, remove from heat, drain (reserving the liquid, if you like), and let cool completely. Combine lemon juice, a pinch of salt, and remaining olive oil in a small mixing bowl. Drizzle a couple of tablespoons of this dressing over the chickpeas. Add remaining garlic clove to chickpeas and toss to coat. Smash the basil sprigs with the side of a knife and add to the chickpeas. Add a pinch of chili flakes, and let the chickpeas marinate while you prepare the other ingredients.
• Trim the fennel bulb, saving the fronds for a garnish. Halve the bulb lengthwise, and shave both halves into paper-thin slices with a mandoline. Quarter the Asian pear, discard the core, and shave into paper-thin slices. Combine with the fennel.
• Assembly: Remove basil and garlic from the chickpeas, and discard. Combine chickpeas with shaved fennel and pear and remaining dressing. Toss gently to coat. Taste and season with salt, if desired. Garnish the salad with coarsely chopped fennel fronds. Serve immediately.

SHAVED FENNEL SALAD

Steps:

• Trim off the tops and root ends from: 2 fennel bulbs.
• Save a few feathery leaves for garnish. Pull off and discard any discolored or dehydrated outer layers.
• To make the dressing, stir together: 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, Grated zest of 1/4 lemon, 1 teaspoon white wine vinegar, Salt, Fresh-ground black pepper.
• Whisk in: 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil.
• Taste and adjust with salt and lemon juice as needed. When ready to serve, thinly slice the fennel crosswise. A small Japanese mandoline makes this job easy and gives pretty results. Toss the fennel with the dressing. Taste and adjust the seasoning if needed. If you like, garnish with: 1 teaspoon chopped fennel tops.
• Parmesan cheese curls, sliced with a vegetable peeler, make a wonderful garnish.
• Use Meyer lemons when available and double the amount of zest.
• Add 1 1/2 tablespoons chopped green olives to the dressing.
• Mix 2 tablespoons parsley leaves in with the fennel.
• Sweet peppers, celery, and radishes can be sliced and tossed with the fennel (singly or all together).