German Fennel Salad Recipe – Mutti's Fenchelsalat Rezept
This fennel salad is an unusual addition to your salad repertoire. Tasting a bit like anise, it tastes so good when served with apples to balance the flavours.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 7 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 fennel bulb
- 2 apples
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons vinegar
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- 1
Prepare the fennel by removing the roots. Trim off the upper leaves. Cut the fennel, vertically, into quarters. Remove the tough core. Slice the fennel very thinly or use a mandolin.
- 2
Either peel and core the apples and then slice thinly if you wish to mix together with the fennel. If you wish to serve the apple slices separately, as shown above, then quarter the apples and remove the cores. Slice.
- 3
Prepare vinaigrette by mixing together the lemon juice, vinegar, olive oil, sugar, salt, and pepper.
- 4
Mix the vinaigrette with the fennel (and or apple slices) and serve.