Kohlrabi With Ham And Apple Salad

  • Prep time
  • Difficulty easy
  • Serves 4
kohlrabi with ham and apple salad

Ingredients

  • 2 x Kohlrabi peeled and finely grated
  • 2 x Apples of your choice, like Coxs orange pippin peeled and grated with kohlrabi
  • 2 x Shallots finely diced
  • Juice of 1 unwaxed lemon
  • 2tsp grain mustard
  • Bunch of very fresh peppery watercress
  • 12 slices top quality Parma or Bayonne ham
  1. To arrange this simple yet beautiful salad mix kohlrabi, apple, shallot, mustard and lemon together
  2. Lay ham on serving plates
  3. Form an egg shaped pile of salad in centre of plate, pick over watercress and serve with toasted sourdough
  4. Alternatively replace ham for gravadlax of salmon

Note: Kohlrabi is also great cooked, best cutting into small cubes and simmering in 2 parts chicken broth, 1 part butter similar to fondants potatoes till golden and tender, reducing juices to glaze the kohlrabi.

Note: Try this with crisp skinned chicken breast,few flakes of sea salt and a little chopped tarragon

Source: My collection - Jeff Baker - J Bakers Bistro Moderne