Ingredients

Method

• ½ cup walnuts
• 1 T honey
• 1 T caster sugar
• a pinch of ground clove
• 30 g green salad with micro leaves
• flesh of ½ avocado
• 1 apple, cut into matchstick-sized pieces
• 1 apple, top removed and cored
For the dressing, combine
• 2 T rice-wine vinegar
• 1 t lime juice
• 4 T olive oil
• A pinch of ground clove
• 4 whole cloves
• ½ t sugar
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

Ingredients

Preheat the oven grill.
Place the walnuts on a baking tray and drizzle with the honey. Roast until caramelised and golden brown.
Combine the caster sugar and clove. Dust the roasted walnuts with the sugar mixture and allow to cool. Arrange the salad leaves, avocado and apple on a serving plate, and top with the walnuts.
Spoon the dressing into the cored apple and serve on the side.

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