Shaved apple, Jack cheese, truffle honey, roast hazelnuts and truffle salt

To learn that many of them go to waste simply because of the way they look was so distressing that I decided to show you are many apple dishes as I could in one go. Serve these together on a large platter with some crusty sour dough bread for sharing. 

Ingredients

• 1 tart apple (Granny Smith or Golden Delicious)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice, plus a squeeze extra
• ½ tsp finely grated lemon zest
• ½ cup torn mint leaves, plus extra, to serve
• 1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
• 100 g shaved Jack cheese or aged pecorino 
• 1 tbsp truffle honey
• ½ cup roasted hazelnuts, peeled and coarsely crushed 
• Pinch truffle salt

Instructions

Using a mandolin, shave the apple and place in a bowl of cold water with a little lemon juice added to prevent the apple from browning. Drain well just before serving.

Place the lemon juice, zest, mint leaves and olive oil in a small bowl and toss gently.

To serve, place a mound of drained apple on the serving platter. Top with the dressed mint, then layer the cheese shards on top and drizzle with truffle honey. Scatter with crushed hazelnuts and a pinch of truffle salt.

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To learn that many of them go to waste simply because of the way they look was so distressing that I decided to show you are many apple dishes as I could in one go. Serve these together on a large platter with some crusty sour dough bread for sharing.