Stilton Apple And Walnut Salad Food

STILTON, APPLE AND WALNUT SALAD RECIPE

Steps:

• Stir the apple in the lemon juice for the dressing, to help prevent it discolouring.
• Arrange the Little Gem and watercress leaves over a serving plate. Take the apple out of the lemon juice (but reserve the juice) and scatter over the top of the salad leaves, along with the Stilton and pieces of walnut.
• Add the remaining dressing ingredients to the lemon juice, whisk together and spoon over the salad.

APPLE WALNUT SALAD WITH STILTON CHEESE

Steps:

• Put one third of the cheese in a large bowl.
• Add olive oil and using a fork, mash together the cheese and oil.
• Add vinegar and continue to mash and mix.
• Add cream and pepper and mix well to make a thick creamy dressing.
• Add the apples, sliced celery, currants, and lemon juice to the dressing and mix well.
• Crumble the remaining cheese and sprinkle it over the salad along with half of the walnuts.
• Mix them into the salad gently and evenly.
• Transfer to a serving bowl and garnish with the remaining walnuts and celery leaves.
• Serve right away.
• TOASTED WALNUTS.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• Spread nuts in a single layer on a baking sheet.
• Place baking sheet in the oven and toast, stirring occasionally, until nuts are lightly browned, fragrant, and coated in a layer of their own oil.
• Depending on the size of the nuts this may take between 10-20 minutes.
• Remove the nuts from the pan as soon as they start to look done.
• Pour them onto a plate to cool.

SALAD OF ROMAINE, APPLES, WALNUTS AND STILTON CHEESE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350F (175C).
• Toast walnuts for 10 minutes and cool to room temperature.
• Combine romaine and watercress in a large bowl.
• Whisk oil, vinegar and salt and pepper in a small bowl until blended.
• Slice each apple half into 12 thin wedges; brush lightly with lemon juice to prevent discolouration.
• When ready to serve: Toss salad greens with dressing to coat.
• Arrange greens on 4 salad plates, arrange 6 apple wedges, alternating red and green skins, around the rim of each plate.
• Sprinkle cheese evenly over salads; sprinkle walnuts evenly over cheese.
• Serve immediately.

MESCLUN SALAD WITH STILTON, GRAPES, AND APPLE

Steps:

• Make vinaigrette:
• In a large bowl whisk together mustard and vinegar. Add oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified. Whisk in tarragon and salt and pepper to taste. Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a shallow baking pan toast almonds in middle of oven until pale golden, 6 to 8 minutes, and cool. Halve grapes. Core apple and cut into 16 wedges. Add mesclun to vinaigrette and toss to coat well.
• Divide greens and apple slices among 4 plates and top with grapes, cheese, and almonds.

STILTON & WALNUT TART

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 200°C/gas6.
• Peel the onions and thinly slice them.
• Heat the oil in a large frying pan, add the onions and fry until softened and lightly browned, stirring occasionally.
• Splash in the vinegar, season, then cook for a further 5 minutes until lightly caramelized. Leave to cool while you prepare the pastry.
• Use the pastry to line a 9x13 in oblong tin.
• Spread over the onions, then crumble the Stilton on top and scatter with walnuts. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until the pastry is crisp , golden and the cheese has melted.
• Cool the tart for 5 minutes before serving cut into squares.

APPLE, CELERY AND WALNUT SALAD

Steps:

• String the celery and finely slice.
• Grill (or use hot, dry pan) the walnuts, sunflower and pumpkin seeds until they smell toasty.
• For the dressing whisk the vinegar, olive oil, yoghurt, honey, garlic, capers, sea salt and pepper in a bowl.
• Julienne the apples (cut into thin strips).
• Combine the apple, celery and leaves and watercress and lightly toss. Drizzle with the vinaigrette, scatter with toasted walnuts and seeds, and serve.

PEAR, DATE & WALNUT SALAD WITH CREAMY STILTON DRESSING

Steps:

• Cut the pear quarters into thin slices and toss in a bowl with the lime juice to help protect their natural colour. Blend the crème fraîche with half the stilton, ginger syrup to taste, and enough water (3-4 tbsp) to give a smooth, thick coating consistency. (Don't add too much water or it may separate.)
• Scatter the pear slices over six serving plates and follow with the walnuts, dates and remaining cheese. Can be prepared to this stage up to an hour ahead.
• Drizzle each salad with a little of the dressing and some walnut oil. Season with a grinding of pepper - you shouldn't need salt, as the cheese is salty. Mix the salad leaves and watercress very lightly with just a bit more dressing - some leaves should be touched by the dressing, some untouched. Gently pile the leaves on top of each salad.

APPLE AND STILTON SOUP

Steps:

• Core but do not peel the apples, and cut into walnut-sized pieces.
• Melt the butter in the oil and fry the inion and potatoes in it over a medium heat for 3 - 4 minutes.
• Season generously and add the apple chunks and water.
• Bring to the boil and simmer for 15 minutes until fruit and vegetables are soft.
• Put into a food processor or liquidiser and blend until fine.
• Add half of the Stilton and blend again.
• Re-heat the mixture.
• Serve in bowl with the remaining cheese, crumbled with a fork, sprinkled on top.

STILTON CHEESE, PASTA AND WALNUT SALAD

Steps:

• Cook the pasta according to packet instructions, drain, toss in olive oil and let cool completely.
• Whisk together the dressing ingredients.
• Add salt and pepper to taste.
• Toss the salad leaves in a little of the walnut dressing so that each leaf is covered in dressing.
• Add the crumbled stilton cheese and toss again gently.
• Garnish with the walnut halves.
• Serve the rest of the dressing with the salad.

STILTON AND PEAR SALAD

Steps:

• In a small bowl whisk together the vinegar, the mustard, and salt and pepper to taste, add the oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk the dressing until it is emulsified. In a bowl toss the lettuce with half the dressing and divide the salad among 4 plates. Halve and core the pear and cut it lengthwise into 1/4-inch-thick slices. Arrange one fourth of the pear slices decoratively on each plate, divide the Stilton and the pecans among the salads, and drizzle the remaining dressing on top.

APPLE, ENDIVE, AND STILTON SALAD

Steps:

• Make vinaigrette:
• In a small bowl whisk together vinegars, mustard, and sugar. Add oil in a stream, whisking, and whisk vinaigrette until emulsified. Stir in shallot, salt and black pepper.
• In a small saucepan melt butter over moderate heat and add walnuts and sugar. Cook walnuts, stirring, until golden, about 2 minutes, and transfer to a bowl.
• Cut endives lengthwise into julienne strips. Halve and core apples and cut into julienne strips.
• In a large bowl combine endives, apples, walnuts, Stilton, tarragon, and vinaigrette, tossing gently, and season with salt and white pepper.

WARM STILTON SALAD

Steps:

• Use kitchen scissors or a sharp knife to snip the bacon crossways into fat matchsticks. Heat a small, dry frying pan on a medium heat and add the bacon. Cook for about 10 mins, until the fat has run and the bacon is crisp.
• To make the dressing, reduce the heat in the pan to low and stir in 1 tbsp water, then the vinegar, honey and mustard. Stir well, scraping up any residue on the base of the pan. Stir in the oil, taste and season.
• Meanwhile, heat a ridged griddle pan or grill and cook the pears for about 5 mins on each side, until browned. Place in a bowl and mix with the cubes of cheese (this melts the cheese a little, making it nice and squidgy). Tip the spinach into a serving bowl, and scatter the cheese and pear mixture over. Top with the warm bacon dressing and serve immediately.

ORANGE, WALNUT & STILTON SALAD

Steps:

• Empty the salad bags into a large bowl. Peel the oranges over a small bowl to catch the juices; then, over the same bowl, cut the segments from the pith. Whisk the walnut oil into the orange juice, season, and pour over the salad leaves. Toss the salad, then arrange on a large platter. Scatter over the orange segments, walnuts and stilton.

CELERY 'STRING' BLUE CHEESE & WALNUT SALAD

Steps:

• Make the dressing by combining the soured cream and vinegar with some seasoning.
• Get a large bowl of iced water ready. Break the celery down into sticks and set aside any of the tender leaves from the middle. Using a swivel blade peeler, peel each stick of celery, discarding the first stringy layer. Continue to make 'strings' or ribbons and tip these into the iced water until needed. Cut the apple into thin slices, discarding the core, then cut the slices into thin matchsticks.
• Drain the celery and toss in a large bowl with the dressing, apple and most of the cheese and walnuts. Spread the salad onto a platter and scatter with the remaining walnuts, blue cheese and celery leaves.

GREEN APPLE, GRAPE AND ARUGULA SALAD WITH STILTON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Toss together salad ingredients green apple, grapes, and arugula with Stilton Vinaigrette, adding dressing gradually to achieve desired degree of coating. Pile high on service plate or in large salad bowl. Garnish with chopped pecans and Stilton sprinkled across top of salad. For the Stilton Vinaigrette: In small bowl, whisk together lemon juice, vinegar, salt, pepper, Dijon mustard, cayenne, and sugar. Gradually whisk in oil. Mix in Stilton. Place in clean container, label, date and store refrigerated. Makes 3½ cups.