Recipe - Celery-Apple Salad With Currants

One half cup Dried currants
1 Large Head celery
2 Golden Delicious apples
6 Pale green celery leaves
4 Parsley sprigs
10 Walnuts; cracked
in large pieces
2 tablespoon Walnut oil
Lemon juice

OR
Champagne vine
Salt
Freshly ground pepper

IF THE CURRANTS ARE HARD, cover them with warm water and set them aside to
soften while you cut the celery and apples. When they're soft, after 10
minutes or so, drain them and squeeze out the water. Separate the stalks of
celery and peel the tougher outer stalks. Slice the celery into thin
pieces, straight across or at an angle. Cut the apples into quarters or
sixths if they're large and thinly slice them crosswise. Finely chop the
celery leaves and the parsley and crack the nuts. Combine the celery,
apples, currants, celery leaves, parsley and walnuts in a bowl. Toss them
with just enough walnut oil to coat everything lightly. Add the lemon juice
or vinegar to taste, salt lightly, season with pepper and toss again.

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