Lovely Christmas salad

In the Christmas salad, brie cheese is accompanied by roasted pecans and figs. A cherry compote flavoured with thyme will crown the hearty salad.

Lovely Christmas salad
Lovely Christmas salad
Teksti: S-kokeilukeittiö
Kuvat: Reetta Pasanen
4.11.2025 | Päivitetty 4.11.2025

6 servings | Preparation time 30 minutes

Ingredients

1 bag (80 g) pecans

1 pkg (200 g) Brie cheese

1 bag (250 g) green salad mix

3 figs

Cherry compote

1 bag (250 g) frozen cherries (Coop)

1 tbsp sugar

1 tbsp water

2 tbsp thyme chopped

Vinaigrette

2 tbsp rapeseed oil

1 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp honey

  1. Prepare the cherry compote. Put the frozen cherries, sugar and water in a saucepan. Bring to the boil and cook for about 10 minutes. Mix in the thyme. Cool the compote.

  2. Toast the nuts in a dry pan and crush them after they have cooled a bit. Slice the cheese. If necessary, rinse and dry the salad mix. Rinse and chop the figs.

  3. Mix the vinaigrette ingredients in a bowl.

  4. Assemble the salad, nuts, cheeses and figs on a flat serving platter. Pour the vinaigrette on top. Spoon the cherry compote on top of the salad in dollops.

Tip: You can replace the figs with one pear.