Watercress And Avocado Salad With Bacon And Apple. Hello friends, happy Sunday.
Love watercress and avocados in your salad? So do you fancy making a tasty Watercress and Avocado Salad with Bacon and Apple? Because I do! So tasty.
How To Make A Watercress And Avocado Salad With Bacon And Apple:
Serves 4
Prep time: 10 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
2 avocados
1 tbsp mayonnaise
2 tbsp creme fraiche
1 tsp honey
1 tsp Dijon mustard
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
100g streaky bacon, finely chopped
1 Bramley apple, cored and diced
2 x 85g bag watercress
Watercress And Avocado Salad With Bacon And Apple Method:
1.) Firstly, cut the avocados in half and remove the stone, then peel and slice lengthways.
2.) Mix together the mayonnaise, créme fraîche, honey, mustard and vinegar.
3.) Place the bacon and apple in a frying pan and fry until the bacon is brown and crispy about 5 minutes.
4.) Add the watercress to a large bowl and sprinkle over the fried bacon and apple.
5.) Last but not least, lay the sliced avocado over the top of the salad before drizzling with the mayonnaise dressing. Simple!
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Watercress And Avocado Salad With Bacon And Apple.
Equipment
- Frying pan
Ingredients
- 2 avocados
- 1 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp creme fraiche
- 1 tsp honey
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- 100g streaky bacon, finely chopped
- 1 Bramley apple, cored and diced
- 2 x 85g bag watercress
Instructions
- Cut the avocados in half and remove the stone, then peel and slice lengthways.
- Mix together the mayonnaise, créme fraîche, honey, mustard and vinegar.
- Place the bacon and apple in a frying pan and fry until the bacon is brown and crispy about 5 minutes.
- Add the watercress to a large bowl and sprinkle over the fried bacon and apple.
- Lay the sliced avocado over the top of the salad before drizzling with the mayonnaise dressing. Simple!
Notes
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These recipes were also created by development chef Keri Astill-Frew. Keri has worked in top restaurants across the UK including a Michelin star hotel in Lancashire and a variety of fine dining restaurants and gastro-pubs in Dorset and Sussex.
She is passionate about watercress, both as an ingredient and for its fantastic health benefits and is devoted to developing new and delicious ways for you to incorporate more of it into your diet.
Updated post. First published here 10th June 2018.
For more information and many more recipes please visit The Watercress Company or Watercress.
Also, Recipe Photography Credits: Lara Jane Thorpe
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I have always loved watercress. The avocado, bacon and apple are bonuses in this delicious sounding salad. It looks great. Thank you for sharing at Happiness is Homemade.
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Thanks for hosting and stopping by Amy 🙂
Claire, this salad looks amazing! I love every ingredient 🙂 It will be featured as my Editor’s Pick at next week’s Wonderful Wednesday Blog Hop …. I know it will be the 4th of July next Wed. but we start Tuesday eve 7pm ET… hoping you can stop by!
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Thanks so much for stopping by and the feature 🙂
Well this looks amazing! I’ve been trying to add more salads into my meals, and this one looks fabulous!
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Thanks for the comment Danielle 🙂
This looks so yummy and healthy too. I’m a huge fan of avocado x #AnythingGoes
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Thanks for stopping by, Rosie 🙂
Thank you for sharing at #OverTheMoon. Pinned and shared. Have a lovely week. I hope to see you at next week’s party too! Please stay safe and healthy. Come party with us at Over The Moon! Catapult your content Over The Moon! @marilyn_lesniak @EclecticRedBarn
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Thanks for hosting 🙂