Apple Carpaccio

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 2 apples
• 3 small celery sticks
• Celery leaves
• 1 handful of walnuts
• some cheese, sliced, e.g. Parmesan, Pecorino or Manchego
• 2 tbsp apple juice
• 2 tbsp walnut oil
• 2 tbsp maple syrup
• 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar, lighter
• 2 pinches of salt

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 10 minutes

Toast the walnuts in a pan without fat, let them cool, and then break them into pieces. Thinly slice the celery stalks diagonally and roughly chop the celery leaves. Mix the dressing ingredients into a vinaigrette. Wash the apples, remove the cores, and slice or grate them very thinly. Arrange on plates, scatter the celery stalks and celery leaves over the top, and drizzle with the dressing. Scatter the walnuts over the top. Grate some cheese, such as Manchego, Pecorino, or Parmesan, if desired, and serve immediately to prevent the apples from tarnishing. Alternating red- and green-skinned apples on the plates is particularly decorative.