Turkey Salad with Treviso, Apple and Grapes

If you’re lucky enough to have leftover turkey from yesterday’s feast, this is the perfect choice for using it up. It’s an exceptionally colorful salad whose diverse flavors are bound together with an easy-to-make Parmesan dressing. Treviso is the elongated cousin of the more common deep burgundy, sphere-shaped Chioggia radicchio. It’s slightly bitter flavor is an ideal counterpoint to the sweet grapes and crunchy apples used here.

 

Turkey Salad with Treviso, Apple and Grapes

 

Ingredients

 

• 1/2 cup (2 oz./60 g) finely grated Parmesan cheese
• 5 Tbs. (3 fl. oz./80 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 Tbs. red wine vinegar
• 1 head Treviso or other radicchio, chopped
• 1 cup (1 oz./30 g) baby arugula
• 1 Granny Smith apple, cored and cut into 1/2-inch (12-mm) cubes
• 1/2 lb. (250 g) large red seedless grapes, halved
• 1/2 cup (2 oz./60 g) walnut halves or pieces
• 1 1/2 lb. (750 g) roasted turkey breast, torn into bite-sized pieces

Directions

 

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the cheese, oil and vinegar until the dressing is well blended and creamy.

 

2. In a large bowl, combine the radicchio, arugula, apple, grapes, walnuts and turkey. Drizzle the salad with the dressing and stir gently to coat evenly. Transfer the salad to a platter or serving bowl and serve immediately. Serves 4.

 

 

 

Find more vibrant and versatile salads for every season in our
cookbook Salad of the Day, by Georgeanne Brennan.