Apple-Escarole Salad with Gorgonzola and Walnuts

Apple-Escarole Salad with Gorgonzola and Walnuts

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Nutritional Info
  • Servings Per Recipe: 4
  • Amount Per Serving
  • Calories: 156.4
  • Total Fat: 11.1 g
  • Cholesterol: 6.3 mg
  • Sodium: 170.2 mg
  • Total Carbs: 12.2 g
  • Dietary Fiber: 1.8 g
  • Protein: 4.1 g

View full nutritional breakdown of Apple-Escarole Salad with Gorgonzola and Walnuts calories by ingredient


Introduction

This salad is full of distinct, strong flavors. It's a great way to get new greens onto your plate. This salad is full of distinct, strong flavors. It's a great way to get new greens onto your plate.
Number of Servings: 4

Ingredients

    1 Granny Smith apple, cored, quartered and sliced horizontally (1/4 inch slices)
    1/4 cup gorgonzola cheese crumbles
    1/4 cup walnuts halves
    1 head escarole, torn into bite-size pieces

    Dressing:
    1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
    1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
    1 small shallot, diced
    1 tablespoon olive oil
    1/4 teaspoon black pepper


Tips

After Turkey Day, keep this recipe in the lineup. Serve it as a first course on a small plate (it's fancy enough for a dinner party but quite simple to make). Chop up the escarole smaller and build a tower of apples and lettuce.


Directions

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Cover a sheet pan with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Place the apples on the pan and bake for five minutes. Flip the apples, add the walnuts to the pan, and bake another four minutes, until the walnuts are lightly toasted. Remove the pan from the oven, but keep the oven on.
Remove the nuts from the pan and set them aside to cool slightly. Spread the cheese evenly on the apple slices. Chop the nuts and sprinkle them on the apples. Return the pan to the oven for two minutes, to melt the cheese slightly.
While the apples and nuts are cooking, whisk together all the ingredients for the dressing in a small bowl.
Toss the escarole with the dressing in a large ovenproof bowl. Place the bowl in the oven for two minutes, just to warm the greens.
Remove both the greens and the apples from the oven. Divide the greens among four plates, and top with the apples.

Serving Size: Makes 4 salads with 2 cups of greens per salad.


Member Ratings For This Recipe


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    Very Good
    10 of 10 people found this review helpful
    I made this salad for a get together, I did add some dried cranberries, it was very good, none left, people asked for recepie. Always a good sign that it's good. I also mixed in different greens with the escrole since some people find escarole a little too bitter by it's self. - 12/12/11


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    Incredible!
    2 of 2 people found this review helpful
    We mixed escarole and torn remained. If you are unsure about escarole or find it too strong, this is a great way to introduce escarole into your family diet. - 11/17/11


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    Dijon was a little strong but otherwise was good. Will cut mustard in half next time. Liked the warmed greens - something new for me. - 9/29/13


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    Incredible!
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I love this salad! Easy and tastes like you are eating a very special treat! - 11/24/12


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    Very Good
    1 of 3 people found this review helpful
    Delicius - 11/24/12


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    Very Good
    1 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I felt it could have used more dressing. - 12/5/11


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    Very Good
    1 of 2 people found this review helpful
    This was excellent! - 11/17/11


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    grea salad - 4/23/21


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    Absolutely a flavor enhanced to toast the walnuts. - 1/21/21


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    Will be enjoying this soon - 11/30/20


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    Incredible!
    One of my favs - 10/14/20


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    Sounds good - 10/7/20


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    Very Good
    A wonderful base, and I appreciate the dressing recipe too! - 8/23/20


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    sounds interesting - 8/18/20


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    Warm ingredients for a salad make this intriguing! - 8/16/20


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    Lovely recipe and the Dijon mustard really added to the tasty flavor, family loved it so it is definitely a keeper recipe - 8/16/20


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    I used Kale. That's what I had. - 8/16/20


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    Very Good
    ok - 8/16/20


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    Looks good - 8/16/20


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    One of my faves - 8/16/20


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    Very Good
    I also aded cranberries and a little less Dijon. Very Tasty. - 8/16/20


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    Very Good
    Delicious - 8/16/20


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    Incredible!
    YUM - 12/16/19


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    yummy... - 11/18/19


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    Great - 10/1/19


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    Good
    good - 8/17/19


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    Gorgonzola is hard to get in my country, so I substituted with my home made cheese and it worked. Must look for gorgonzola cheese somewhere soon - 8/17/19


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    Very Good
    Good salad. The gorgonzola cheese makes it extra special. - 8/16/19


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    Incredible!
    I find the escarole lettuce to be pretty bitter so I mixed different types of lettuce. I also cut back the mustard since I only like it in small doses. With these adjustments, this was yummy! - 8/16/19


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    Escarole too bitter - 8/16/19


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    thanks - 8/16/19


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    A lot of flavor - 8/16/19


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    Others liked it, I'm not much of a salad eater. - 2/18/19


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    looks good - 12/23/18


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    great salad - 11/23/18


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    Loved this recipe!!! - 10/26/18


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    tasty - 10/16/18


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    Incredible!
    Such great flavors! - 10/9/18


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    Thank you. Not something I could have. - 8/16/18


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    May need to try this. - 8/16/18


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    Good
    good - 8/16/18


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    Incredible!
    I love this Apple-Escarole Salad with Gorgonzola and Walnuts Recipe! Absolutely delicious - 8/16/18


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    Incredible!
    My husband loves this Apple-Escarole Salad with Gorgonzola and Walnuts Recipe! - 8/16/18


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    Bad
    Escarole is a bit much, but the rest of the ingredients are something different. The guests scraped the escarole into the garbage though. - 8/16/18


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    THE WARM GREENS MADE AN INTERESTING CHANGE TO A NORMAL GREEN SALAD. THE DRESSING WAS VERY TASTY AND WENT WELL WITH THE SLIGHTLY BITTER TASTE OF THE GREENS. - 8/16/18


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    A delicious, healthy salad. We love this recipe. - 8/16/18


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    very good - 8/16/18


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    Sounds like a flavorful salad. - 8/16/18


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    Very Good
    This was very delicious, but like some others I will cut the mustard in half, maybe because I am not accustom to it. - 8/16/18


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    yummy - 8/16/18


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    Very Good
    yummy - 12/30/17


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    Very nice - 12/21/17


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    Very popular - 11/27/17


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    Incredible!
    Great salad. Something different for a change. - 11/14/17


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    Very Good
    Great salad and that dressing is so yummy! - 10/29/17


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    lovely idea - 9/6/17


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    looks nice - 8/23/17


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    Incredible!
    I absolutely love the diverse flavors of this salad! So yummy! - 8/21/17


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    Very Good
    DRIES CRANBERRIES WITH IT MAKES IT AWESOME - 8/17/17


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    Incredible!
    Love this salad! - 8/17/17


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    Incredible!
    Darkness cannot drive out darkness;
    only light can do that.
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    - 8/17/17


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    Incredible!
    Excellent. We liked this very much. Will make again. - 8/16/17


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    Very Good
    Very good added some cranberries to it. - 8/16/17


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    One of Hubby's favorites - 8/16/17


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    Incredible!
    Delicious - 8/16/17


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    yummy - 8/16/17


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    yummy - 8/16/17


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    Delicious! I interhange gorgonzola and bleu cheese. - 8/16/17


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    Good
    the apples dont have to be baked...this was good but I made it all fresh and loved it... - 8/16/17


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    Incredible!
    This will be my lunch - 8/16/17


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    Good
    it was good I guess. I used a bottled dressing, maybe that's why. - 8/16/17


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    Incredible!
    looks good - 8/16/17


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    Very good. - 8/16/17


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    Might try this without the cheese. - 8/16/17


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    Very Good
    Mmmmmm good - 8/16/17


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    Pretty good, though I used white onion instead of shallot. Raw shallot doesn't sit well with me. - 8/16/17


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    I like all these things worth a try - 8/16/17


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    Incredible!
    Great salad - 8/16/17


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    I like learning new salad combinations. - 8/16/17


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    Incredible!
    This was a welcome change for a salad. Was the hit at the dinner we went to. - 8/16/17


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    Incredible!
    This is a great recipe! Thanks for sharing. I'm going to try to grill the apples with indoor grill instead of baking them. - 8/16/16


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    0 of 1 people found this review helpful
    I'll be making this with a grilled chicken breast thrown in. My husband will love it. He loves gorgonzola cheese! - 9/8/14


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    Very Good
    This is a great salad, gorgonzola is one of my favorite cheeses! I also use almonds instead of the walnuts on occasion and change out the gorgonzola for either feta or blue cheese crumbles. - 9/7/14


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    Incredible!
    This is delicious. I didn't change a thing. - 11/24/12


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    0 of 3 people found this review helpful
    I really don't care for walnuts, though I know they're very healthy - I wonder if pecans would work for this? Otherwise, it sounds great! - 11/24/12


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    Very Good
    0 of 3 people found this review helpful
    skipped the walnuts - 11/17/12


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    Very Good
    0 of 6 people found this review helpful
    This looks great - will try it soon. - 11/17/11