Camembert salad with walnuts and apple

Name: Camembert salad with walnuts and apple
Total time: 1200 s
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: For the salad; 75 grams (1/2 a cup) of spinach; some pieces of leftover barbecued chicken¹; 115 grams (4 oz) camembert cheese²; 75 grams (2,5 oz) chestnut mushrooms; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/2 a green apple (I used Granny Smith); 1 handful crumbled walnuts; salt and pepper; For the vinaigrette; 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon mustard; to taste salt & pepper

Astrid Engelen @astridengelen

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

After a spring-time barbecue, we were left with a smelly piece of camembert cheese in the fridge, and my fiancé asked me to finish it as soon as I could. I accepted the challenge and built a salad around the camembert, adding some other leftovers to it.

Astrid Engelen @astridengelen

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Ingredients

20 minutes

2 servings

For the salad
75 grams(1/2 a cup) of spinach
some pieces of leftover barbecued chicken¹
115 grams (4 oz)camembert cheese²
75 grams (2,5 oz)chestnut mushrooms
2 tablespoonsvegetable oil
1 teaspoongarlic powder
1/2a green apple (I used Granny Smith)
1 handfulcrumbled walnuts
salt and pepper
For the vinaigrette
3 tablespoonsextra virgin olive oil
1 tablespoonwhite wine vinegar
1 teaspoonmustard
to tastesalt & pepper

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Steps

20 minutes

1

Slice the mushrooms, heat the oil in a non-stick frying pan and add the mushrooms with the garlic powder. Fry for about five minutes.
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In the meantime, mix the ingredients for the vinaigrette into a small bowl until you have a smooth dressing.
3

Cut the apple and the camembert in bitesized pieces.
4

In a big bowl, assemble the salad by starting with a layer of raw spinach. Add the chicken, the apple, the camembert and the walnuts. The mushrooms should be done by now: add them to the salad.
5

Drizzle the vinaigrette over the salad.
6

Season with salt and pepper to taste.
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Bon appétit!
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Notes
¹If you don't have any leftover chicken, you can purchase a rotisserie chicken which is already cooked, or fry some boneless chicken thighs. Cut up the thighs in bitesized chunks and pan-fry for about ten minutes until done. Season to taste. Leave out the chicken for a vegetarian salad.
²If the camembert is too strong for your taste, substitute with a more gentle cheese like brie.