Winter salad with Negronetto, radicchio, walnuts and apples

Perfect as a one course meal, an office lunchbox solution or an ideal meal that is quick  yet simply delicious, the winter salad with Negronetto, radicchio, walnuts and apples is packed with flavour and different tastes, all of which come together harmoniously. Moreover, thanks to the addition of Negronetto, kids will love it.

Of the many varieties of radicchio, the best one to use in this winter salad is Treviso radicchio: available from October to March, thanks to its slightly bitter taste that teams up well with a variety of ingredients, red radicchio is the star of this original recipe. Its assertive flavour encounters the sweetness of walnuts and apples and the spectacular colour palette of this dish makes it even more appealing.

The Recipe:

To make your winter salad, wash the radicchio and let it dry well. Then cut it into fine strips and do the same with the Granny Smith apple: you can adapt this recipe to suit your own tastes and choose whether to slice or dice the apple in large or small pieces. Place the two ingredients in a spacious salad bowl so that you can get on with preparing the Negronetto.

Cut six slices of salami and then subdivide each slice into four pieces, before adding them to the rest of the salad and mixing everything thoroughly. Dress with extra virgin olive oil, the juice of half a lemon and your favourite cider vinegar. Finally garnish with walnuts.