Waldorf Salad Recipe is an old fashioned salad made with apples, apple juice, mayonnaise, celery, grapes, pecans, and coconut.
The original recipe was created by Oscar Tschirky, dinning room manager at Waldorf Hotel, in New York City about 1893.
His version contained only
celery, apples, and
mayonnaise. (recipe below)
My first cookbook with this famous recipe listed walnuts and french dressing.
I did not like the the salad.
Then I found a Waldorf Salad Recipe that contained grapes and lemon juice.
Instead of walnuts and grapes, I used pecans and raisins.
Years
later, I ate the perfect Waldorf Salad in a local cafeteria.
The chef refused to
share his recipe.
So. I took a dogie bag of salad home with me and started my usual
tasting analysis to duplicate the dish.
Here is the secret to the perfect recipe.
Use fresh grapes!
Grapes are juicier, not as sweet as raisins, and full flavored.
They will also enhance your coconut flavor, best.
In a 2 qt. (or larger) mixing bowl, mix the mayonnaise and apple
juice until it is smooth with no remaining lumps.
Add apples and stir to coat well.
Fold
in celery, grapes, and nuts.
Mix well.
Chill in the refrigerator a few hours for best flavor.
When ready to serve, place a lettuce leaf or a few fresh spinach
leaves on salad bowl or plate.
Heap apple mixture in center of your salad greens and sprinkle generously with.
This excellent salad pairs well with turkey or chicken entrees!
*If possible, use fresh grated coconut, for an ultimate dinning experience!
Add apples to mayonnaise and apple juice mixture as you cut them up, to help prevent them from turning dark.
Peel two raw apples and cut them into small pieces, say about half and inch square, also cut some
celery the same way, and mix it with the apple. Be very careful not to let any seeds of the apples
be mixed with it. The salad must be dressed with a good mayonnaise.
---The Cookbook by "Oscar" of the Waldorf, Oscar Tschirky [Saafield Publishing
Company:Chicago] 1908 , copyright 1896 (p. 433)
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