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Kentucky Fall Apple Salad

Ingredients

1 or 2 limes
1 cup fresh pecans, toasted and finely chopped
8 fine, firm fall apples, diced with skins on.
Four stalks crisp celery, finely chopped
1/2 cup golden raisins
1/3 cup dried cranberries (chop these lightly if you like)
1/2 cup fresh mint, sliced fine (optional, like everything else in this recipe! I used mint at first only for garnish but then discovered it adds nicely to the flavors if treated like a proper ingredient.)
2 Tablespoons neutral oil like grape seed, or a nut oil like pecan, walnut, or hazelnut
2 teaspoons amber maple syrup (omit or add more at your option)
1 tablespoon prepared horseradish (the kind with nothing but horseradish, or just horseradish and vinegar, and maybe salt: no cream or oil)

Instructions

1. Squeeze the juice from one lime into a large work bowl.
2. As you dice apples, put the dice in the work bowl and toss to coat with lime juice to keep the apples from browning.
3. Add the chopped celery, pecans, golden raisins, dried cranberries and fresh mint.
4. Stir together the oil, maple syrup, and horseradish.
5. Add the oil mixture to the apple mixture and toss thoroughly.
6. Taste, and adjust to suit the apples and your preferences.

Want it more tart? Squeeze half or all the second lime and add it. Want it sweeter? Add more maple syrup. Want more zing? More horseradish. Want more color? More cranberries or celery, or both.