Green Apple and Jalapeño Duo

Name: Green Apple and Jalapeño Duo
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 6 Granny Smith apples; 1/2 lemon; 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter; 1 small jalapeño, chopped; 1 tablespoon kosher salt, plus more to taste; 2 Granny Smith apples, quartered, cored, and very thinly sliced crosswise; 2 celery stalks, very thinly sliced at an angle; 2 scallions, very thinly sliced at an angle; 1 small jalapeño, very thinly sliced into rings; 2 limes; Extra-virgin olive oil; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

January 24, 2012

Whenever I serve something really rich, like Soy-Braised Lamb Shanks (page 168), I like to have something tart and bracing to go with it. The tangy-hot blend of apples and chiles goes well with just about any red meat, and the combination of creamy and crunchy is unbeatable.

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