Arugula Salad with Apples, Champagne Mustard Vinaigrette, and Point Reyes Blue Cheese
I have read several posts this week where apples were featured baked into warm and tempting desserts, added to soulful squash soups, and pureed into applesauce…so many options with this versatile fruit as we complete the passage into autumn.
I am going to add to the collection of recipes this week with a salad…after all, here in Richmond I am still stoped by people who say “Hey, you’re the salad lady…I have your book” (It’s a small town). As I’ve mentioned before, I eat salad in one form or another almost every day. My Arugula Salad with Apples, Champagne Mustard Vinaigrette, and Point Reyes Blue Cheese is a nice accompaniment to all of the comforting dishes we seek during this time of year. This salad is full of flavor packed ingredients such as Point Reyes Blue Cheese, made by Point Reyes Farmstead Cheese Company whose very lucky Holstein cows graze on certified organic green pastures overlooking Tomales Bay…a place I miss very much…happy cows=delicious cheese. You may find Point Reyes blue where fine cheese is sold or through their website.
Arugula Salad with Apples, Champagne Mustard Vinaigrette, and Point Reyes Blue Cheese
Dressing:
3 tablespoons champagne
3 tablespoons champagne vinegar
1 tablespoon sugar
11/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 tablespoon pasteurized eggs (Egg Beaters)
1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
2/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
Salad:
6 cups baby arugula
1 small head radicchio, cut into a chiffonade
2 apples, cored and thinly sliced
1/2 cup toasted almonds
1 cup crumbled Point Reyes blue cheese
For the dressing: Place all the ingredients in a blender or food processor and blend until
smooth. Refrigerate until ready to use.
For the salad: Combine the arugula, radicchio, apples, and toasted almonds in a large
salad bowl. Add the desired amount of dressing and toss well. Divide among plates and
sprinkle with blue cheese and freshly ground pepper, to taste.
8 servings
This looks really lovely. My kind of salad!
that is a really delicious and unique salad! I love the champagne mustard vinaigrette too
Looks fresh, crunchy, and gorgeous!
This looks tasty! I’ve discovered a new love for the peppery flavor of arugula and this looks like it would compliment the flavors well.
Oh that salad looks delicious!
Debi,
I am a salad lover too and this one sounds delicious. I love that top photo of the red apples on the ground and the green leaves of the tree…beautiful. Are you doing your own photography these days?
Cheers!
I bring salads every day for lunch – i will try this one next week! thanks!
I love arugula. i just picked up a bunch at the farmers market and posted a salad using it.
But this salad looks so healthy and flavorful.
I would love to try that dressing!
What a lovely salad! I love the combination of arugula, apples and blue cheese and the champagne mustard vinaigrette sounds wonderful!
Beautiful salad– sounds wonderful!
what a very inviting dish – and the apples on the ground shot looks really good to me.
This is such a simple and beautiful dish. Not sure if I can find champagne vinegar here?
That salad looks delicious! Congrats on the Top 9!
That salad is absolutely gorgeous. And what could be better than apples freshly picked right off the tree. It would have tasted different if I use imported apples and cheese knowing how long it would take it get where I live. But I’ll give it a try.
This salad would slide right down at our house. Love the combo of flavors, the dressing sounds wonderful, and it’s beautiful to look at as well.