This salad is so simple it barely requires a recipe. Feel free to use what you have on hand, end of season stone fruit would be lovely instead of figs, and maybe hazelnuts in place of walnuts...
Ingredients
Honey Walnuts
1/2cupfreshly cracked walnuts
1tablespoonlocal honey
big pinch of sea salt
Salad
several handfuls of salad greens
4-5figscut into wedges
100ggoat chevre or fetacrumbled
juice of half a 1/2 lemon
extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
Preheat oven 150.
Place the walnuts in a small oven-proof dish, drizzle with honey and sprinkle with salt. Place in the oven for 5 minutes until just starting to colour and the honey is caramelising. Cool a little.
Arrange the salad greens on a large serving platter. Top with the figs and goat cheese and sprinkle with the honeyed walnuts. Dress with a big squeeze of lemon and generous drizzle of olive oil. Serve immediately.