Kohlrabi and apple salad, with cobnuts, lollo rosso and apple cider vinegar

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This simple cobnut and apple salad from Kuba Winkowski uses a vacuum sealer to 'compress' the ingredients with a simple vinaigrette. This intensifies the flavour of the vinaigrette, and gives the apple and kohlrabi a denser texture.

First published in 2023

Ingredients

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Apple cider dressing

Kohlrabi

Marinated apple

Cobnuts

Lollo rosso

Equipment

  • Mandoline
  • Vacuum bag and machine

Method

1

Whisk all the ingredients for the dressing together in a bottle, and shake well

2

Peel the kohlrabi, and trim the top and bottom. Dice the trimmed top and bottom into 0.5 cm pieces

3

Slice the kohlrabi using a mandolin into long thin pieces, and then mix with 30g apple cider dressing in a vac pack bag

4

Compress the bag and then leave to marinade for 2 hours

5

Season the diced kohlrabi with a pinch of salt, and then compress in a vac pack bag in a single layer. Set aside

6

Cut the apple in half. Remove the core with a melon baller, and then cut into thin slices using a mandolin

7

Mix the apple with 20g apple cider dressing in a vac pack bag. Compress the apple in the bag, sealing it with a vac pack machine. Leave to marinade for 2 hours as well

8

Preheat the oven to 180°C

9

Separate the two halves of the shelled cobnuts

10

Toast the nuts in the oven for around 5 minutes, or until lightly toasted. Set aside to cool

11

Once cool, lightly crush the nuts

12

Wash the lollo rosso leaves very well, then dry. Pick the frilly tops of the leaves for the salad, and set aside in ice water

13

Remove the kohlrabi and apple slices from the bags and pat dry

14

Arrange the slices into a rose in the middle of a serving plate. Scatter over the diced kohlrabi and cobnuts, then garnish with rollo rosso so it look like a flower

15

Drizzle over some more apple dressing, and serve

First published in 2023

From moving to England at twenty-four to attend catering college to being named National Chef of The Year 2019, Kuba Winkowski has rocketed to the top in record time. His cooking is refined, peppered with Polish influences and – most importantly – delicious.

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