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  • Serves 6
  • 25 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 8 Ingredients
September 25, 2023

70 Comments

This Avocado + Fennel Green Salad is the perfect spring/summer salad.

Serve this salad as a side with any protein, and you’ll have a delicious meal ready to go.

The combination of creamy avocado and crisp, fresh fennel, is topped with Paul Newman’s Own Classic Dressing, creating a beautiful balance of flavours.

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Ingredients (serves 6)

  • 1 small fennel
  • 2 bunches asparagus, wooden end (about the last 3cm) chopped off 
  • 1 large avocado sliced into wedges 
  • ¼ cup pistachios roughly chopped
  • 2 tablespoons dill leaves 
  • ¼ cup Paul Newman’s Classic Dressing
  • 1 pinch flaky sea salt
  • 1 pinch freshly ground black pepper

Method

  1. Finely slice the fennel on a mandolin (or finely sliced with a chef's knife) and shred the asparagus by peeling strips of each stalk with a vegetable peeler.
  2. Fill a large mixing bowl with water and place in about 1 cup of ice cubes. Allow to melt slightly then add in the fennel and asparagus. Allow them to sit for a few minutes while you toast the pistachios. Note: Putting the veggies into this ice bath will help them stay perky and crisp. This trick will help the veggies stay crisp for hours, so you can prepare your vegetables in advance for your Christmas lunch.
  3. Heat a large frying pan over medium heat. Add in the chopped pistachios and toast for 3-4 minutes, tossing regularly, until lightly golden.
  4. Place the fennel and asparagus onto a large serving platter. Place in the avocado wedges. Sprinkle over the pistachios and then drizzle the Paul Newman's Own Classic Dressing over the lot, seasoning with a pinch of salt and pepper. Serve garnished with dill sprigs.

  • I’ve never tried fennel before. This could be my first time

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  • This sounds and looks delicious thank you

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  • Yum! Looks tasty and love avocados with everything!

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  • This is such a wonderful fresh summer salad. Thanks so much for sharing

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  • Where can I find the dressing? I’ve never seen it in Woolies or Coles?

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  • Two of my favourite fruit/veg.

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  • Ohh this is making me excited for when fennel is in season again to eat!

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  • I’m always intersted in new green salads, will definitely try this one!

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  • I love a great green salad – this one looks tasty and super filling too

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  • Avocado is so versatile has so many health benefits and tastes great. Can use in everything. Love this recipe

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  • How summery, I’m going to try this tonight

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  • Love Avo but the fennel does nothing for me

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  • Was just looking for a green salad recipe and found this! Sounds DELICIOUS!

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  • I love Avocado and eat them daily !
    Do I understand well the fennel and asparagus doesn’t get cooked ?

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  • Avocados are such a versatile ingredient.

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  • This looks delightful! im going to make this for a bbq/swim today – fresh, cool and crisp is exactly what im after

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  • Yum, this looks fresh and delicious

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  • I love all these ingredients, especially fennel.

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  • This sounds like a great light salad

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  • Thank you for sharing. Not sure if I will make it as I don’t like fennel.

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