Name: Butter-leaf salad with apple and blue cheese
Prep time: 15 min
Yield: 4 portions
Cuisine: USA
Ingredients: 1 tbsp chopped shallot; 2 tbsp apple cider vinegar; 3 tbsp olive oil (up to 4); 1 lemon, juice as needed; 2 heads butter lettuce; 3 cups baby spinach; 1 cold Honeycrisp apple; 1 handful toasted walnuts; 4 oz blue cheese; As needed: pickled shallot, optional; salt and pepper

Butter-leaf salad with apple and blue cheese

A Private Kitchen home adaptation of Gordon Ramsay’s published recipe.

Prep15 min

Cook0 min

Yield4 portions

Editorial home-cooking adaptation · Not yet kitchen-tested. Timings are estimates; additional soaking, rising or chilling may apply. Read the complete method before starting.

Gordon Ramsay

This is Private Kitchen’s concise home adaptation, not the chef’s original text. Read the source for the complete published method and context.

Read the published recipe

Three-star restaurant connection: Restaurant Gordon Ramsay, London · MICHELIN Guide . Restaurant recognition does not certify this recipe. No affiliation or endorsement.

Let’s make it.

Whisk chopped shallot, vinegar and oil. Season and squeeze in juice from half the lemon.

Wash and dry the lettuce and spinach; arrange in a broad bowl.

Grate the cold apple, discarding its core, and distribute over the leaves.

Finish with walnuts, optional pickled shallot, dressing and crumbled cold blue cheese. Serve promptly.

A little kitchen note

Private Kitchen home adaptation of the linked published recipe; not kitchen-tested or endorsed by the chef. Times are editorial estimates. Source does not state portions; four appetizer servings is our editorial assumption.

Allergen notes

Milk, walnuts. This list is a starting point, not a certification of suitability. Check every ingredient label and preparation surface.

Use a food thermometer where relevant. For handling and storage, see our cooking basics and official food-safety links.

A little nourishment.

Illustrative nutrition estimate · Per listed portion (1/4 of the recipe)

Energy

335 kcal

Protein

15.7 g

Carbs

18.6 g

Fat

24.3 g

Fibre

7.5 g

Total sugar

6.6 g

Sodium

339 mg

Approximate generic ingredient estimates, not verified nutrition labels. Includes quantified optional ingredients; unquantified “as needed” salt, oils or garnishes may be excluded. Brands, substitutions, portions and cooking change values. Nutrition stays per portion when batch quantities are scaled. How we estimate nutrition

Excludes unmeasured: pickled shallot, optional; salt and pepper. Actual calories, fat and sodium may be higher.

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