Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad

This Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad is packed with crunch. This layered salad incorporates different textures and flavors making every bite unbeatable!

This Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad is packed with crunch. This layered salad incorporates different textures and flavors making every bite unbeatable!

The Secret To A Good Salad Is…

I’m a salad lover. I love them as meals, as snacks, as sides…however you toss it, I’m going to love it.

That said though, the components and ratio of a good salad is truly dictated by ts type. For example, if I’m going to eat a salad as a meal, I want variety. Variety of textures, flavors, and ingredients. This illustrated in my Asian Noodle Salad or Coconut Curry Chicken SaladIn contrast, when I’m having a light dinner salad, I don’t need much to be impressed. However, there are a few key tricks to taking your dinner salad to the next level.

This Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad is packed with crunch. This layered salad incorporates different textures and flavors making every bite unbeatable!

This Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad is packed with crunch. This layered salad incorporates different textures and flavors making every bite unbeatable!

This Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad is packed with crunch. This layered salad incorporates different textures and flavors making every bite unbeatable!  This Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad is packed with crunch. This layered salad incorporates different textures and flavors making every bite unbeatable!  This Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad is packed with crunch. This layered salad incorporates different textures and flavors making every bite unbeatable!

Tips For The Perfect Salad

  • Forget what you know: a salad does not need to be lettuce based! Raw vegetables can be just as delicious and serve as a heftier base.
  • Add that crunch! Whether it’s by way of a fruit, vegetable, nuts, or seed, I still want some contrasting textures.
  • Season it well. This may mean doing some taste testing to find your perfect ratio of oil to vinegar.
  • Layer your flavors! Each component should be thoroughly seasoned before mixing them all together. This means a lighter hand as you drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt. Remember that you can always add more – but you can’t take these seasonings out!

This Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad is packed with crunch. This layered salad incorporates different textures and flavors making every bite unbeatable!

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Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad

This Fennel, Cucumber, and Hazelnut Salad is packed with crunch. This layered salad incorporates different textures and flavors making every bite unbeatable!
Prep Time15 minutes
Course: Salad
Cuisine: French
Keyword: Cucmber, Dinner Salad, Fennel, Fennel Frond, Grey Salt, Hazelnuts, Layered Salad, Lemon, Olive Oil, Side Salad
Servings: 2 servings

Equipment

  • Mandoline Slicer, optional

Ingredients

  • 1 bulb fennel, stalks removed, fronds reserved
  • 1 small cucumber
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 Tbsp sliced hazelnuts
  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • Large flake salt, such as Grey salt

Instructions

  • Using a mandoline slicer, carefully slice fennel bulb and cucumber thinly. Alternatively, use a sharp knife to make very thin slices. Place fennel and cucumber in separate bowls.
  • Zest the lemon and then halve it. Use juice of one half of the lemon over both cucumber and fennel. Start with 1 teaspoon of oil in each bowl. Season each lightly with corase salt. Taste, and adjust seasonings to your liking.
  • Layer ingredients on two plates in the following order: sliced fennel, sliced cucumber, fennel fronds, lemon zest, hazelnuts. Continue layering untill all ingredients are gone.
  • Sprinkle lightly with salt and serve.
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