Sweet and Sour Cherry Waldorf

Ingredients

• Cherry Dressing
• 1 ounce champagne vinegar or pear-infused vinegar
  
• 2 ounces EVOO (extra virgin olive oil), grapeseed, or walnut oil
  
• 1 tablespoon acacia honey
  
• 1 tablespoon homemade cherry or pear preserve (or excellent fruit jam not overly sweetened)
  
• add the reserve juice from pitting cherries
  
• ¹/₄ teaspoon dijon mustard
  
• ¹/₄ teaspoon kosher salt
  
• ¹/₄ teaspoon celery seed
  
• 1 fresh spearmint leaf, chiffonade then chopped
  
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
  
• zest of lemon
  

• Cherry Waldorf Salad
• ¹/₄ cup finely shredded green cabbage
  
• ¹/₄ cup finely shredded red cabbage
  
• ¹/₂ cup pitted sweet fresh red cherries, chopped
  
• 1 small green apple, grated
  
• ¹/₂ Asian pear, chopped (store the other half in orange juice for a later use if needed)
  
• the juice of a lemon
  
• ¹/₈ cup chopped red onion
  
• ¹/₄ teaspoon celery seed
  
• 2 tablespoons chopped toasted walnuts, almonds, cashews, or pinion pine)
  
• 2 ounces crumpled feta cheese
  
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh mint leaves
  
• 1 tablespoon chopped flat leaf parsley
  
• slice of lemon and sprig of mint for garnish