Winter kale salad with chestnuts

Total: 30 min. | Active: 30 min.
vegetarian, gluten-free

This kale salad is something else! The creamy goat's cheese dressing, roasted chestnuts, sweet pears and juicy persimmon turn a simple salad into a work of art. It tastes fantastic and also proves that salad can be much more than just a side dish.

Recipe by:
Nadja - LouMalou

Ingredients

for 4 portions

Salad
2 tsp mustard
2 tbsp lemon juice
6 tbsp olive oil
200 g soft goats' cheese
1 tsp honey
¼ tsp salt
a little  pepper
350 g washed, prepared kale
Topping
1 tbsp butter
red onion, cut into thin rings
100 g walnut kernels
100 g chestnuts in caramel sauce
pears, cut into cubes
persimmon, cut into cubes

How it's done

Salad

In a bowl, mix the mustard with all the other ingredients up to and including the pepper. Add the kale, mix, massage thoroughly for approx. 5 mins., plate up.

Topping

Heat the butter in a pan. Briefly sauté the onion. Add the walnuts and chestnuts, reduce for approx. 10 mins., scatter on top of the salad along with the diced pear and persimmon.

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