Mexican Christmas Apple Salad

Apple Salad Recipe

Every year around this time, I try to post recipes that are traditional for the Christmas dinner. Some are known all over Mexico, and others, like this Christmas Apple Salad, are better known in the central states of Mexico. I know you must be thinking that it looks a lot like a Waldorf salad, and indeed it does. Somehow, this salad was adopted into our culture early on and even appears in Christmas recipe books from the 1940’s as Christmas salad.

Mexican Christmas Apple Salad

DIRECTIONS:

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• In a large bowl, pour 1 cup of water and the lime juice and stir. (Please check the ingredients list below)
• Dice the apples. As you’re dicing the apples, place them in the bowl with the lime-water to keep them from becoming brown. Once you finish dicing the apples, make sure to toss them well with the lime-water and then drain the water.
• Place diced apples, chopped celery, raisins and pecans in a large bowl and mix well.
• In a small bowl, mix the cream with the mayonnaise. Pour over the chopped fruit and stir, season with salt and pepper*.
• You can either serve it on small plates over small lettuce leaves or in small glass cups, garnished with cherries and the curly parsley sprigs.

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MEXICAN CHRISTMAS APPLE SALAD

Mexican Christmas Apple Salad - You can either serve it on small plates over small lettuce leaves or in small glass cups. It has gone through many changes since then; it used to be made with a homemade mayonnaise and served with lettuce leaves, but nowadays it looks more like a dessert...

Category dish type: Desserts

Cuisine: Mexican

Servings: 4 ½ CUPS

Calories: 353 kcal

Author: Mely Martínez - Mexico in my Kitchen

Ingredients

• ½ lime juice or 2 tsps. of lime juice
• 1 Pound red apples About 2 large apples
• 2/3 cup celery finely chopped
• 2/3 cups raisins
• ½ cup Mexican cream or sour cream
• 2/3 cups pecans chopped
• 2 Tbsp. Mayonnaise
• 8 Cherries for garnish
• 6 Curly parsley sprigs for garnish
• Salt and pepper to taste.

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, pour 1 cup of water and the lime juice and stir.
2. Dice the apples. As you’re dicing the apples, place them in the bowl with the lime-water to keep them from becoming brown. Once you finish dicing the apples, make sure to toss them well with the lime-water and then drain the water.
3. Place diced apples chopped celery, raisins, and pecans in a large bowl and mix well.
4. In a small bowl, mix the cream with the mayonnaise. (If you want to add the diced pineapple, shredded coconut, and small marshmallows, do so in this step.) Pour over the chopped fruit and stir, season with salt and pepper*.

5. You can either serve it on small plates over small lettuce leaves or in small glass cups, garnished with cherries and the curly parsley sprigs.

Recipe Notes

This is my personal version, trying to stay close to the earlier recipes for this salad, but if you want you can add diced pineapple, more cherries, shredded coconut, and marshmallows. If you add these last fruits, skip seasoning with pepper. I like to peel the apples, but it should have the skins on. It gives a nice color to the salad. If you love sweet salads, you will enjoy this one too.

Nutrition Facts

MEXICAN CHRISTMAS APPLE SALAD

Amount Per Serving

Calories 353 Calories from Fat 207

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 23g 35%

Saturated Fat 5g 25%

Cholesterol 18mg 6%

Sodium 91mg 4%

Potassium 472mg 13%

Total Carbohydrates 38g 13%

Dietary Fiber 6g 24%

Sugars 13g

Protein 3g 6%

Vitamin A 6.3%

Vitamin C 9.8%

Calcium 6.3%

Iron 6.8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.