Blue Cheese, Red Cabbage and Date Salad with Walnuts 0

Do you ever go out somewhere to eat and try something that you love SOOOOO much that you attempt to recreate it IMMEDIATELY? As in the MINUTE you walk in the door?

I do.

Often.

A few weeks ago I went to A Tavola in Bondi for dinner.

This post is NOT a restaurant review so I won’t go into detail about the place. All I WILL say is that I  wept with DELIGHT as every single mouthful of every single dish entered my mouth.

One of the things we ate was a red cabbage salad. Like everything else, it was EXCEPTIPONAL and whilst I don’t think my dressing accurately resembles the one that they used, the core ingredients of the salad were the same (I THINK!?)

Anyway, here’s Phoodie’s version. I hope you make it and love it to pieces. In any case,  I STRONGLY recommend a meal at A Tavola Bondi if you’re a local (or if you’re willing to travel, I recommend it to you too!)

INGREDIENTS

(To make a Salad that would serve 6 as a side – delicious served with duck or pork OR yummy on it’s own with bread!)

1/2 head of Red Cabbage – FINELY shredded (preferably with a mandolin)

1 cup Dates – roughly chopped in to bite sized pieces

200g Blue Cheese – crumbled

1 cup Walnuts – roughly chopped

For the dressing:

1/2 cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

2 tablespoons honey

4 tablespoons cider vinegar

2 tablespoons orange juice

salt and pepper to taste

METHOD

1) Combine all salad ingredients in a bowl and toss RESERVING some of the blue cheese to crumble on top for presentation!

2) To make the dressing, combine all of the ingredients well (I like to put them all in a glass jar and shake shake shake) and then pour over tossed salad. Top with remaining blue cheese before serving.

CRY.