Smoked Trout-Celery Root Salad

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
• 1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise
• 1 pound celery root, peeled and cut into matchstick-size slivers
• 1 Asian pear (10 to 13 oz.), rinsed, cored, and diced
• 1 head radicchio (8 oz.), rinsed, halved, cored, and slivered
• 8 ounces smoked trout, skinned and broken into bite-size pieces
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced green onions
• Salt and pepper
• 1/2 cup chopped smoked or toasted almonds (see note at left)

Preparation

1. 1. In a large bowl, mix lemon juice, olive oil, mustard, and mayonnaise until well blended. Add celery root, pear, radicchio, trout, and green onions and mix to coat. Add salt and pepper to taste.
2. 2. Spoon salad onto plates and sprinkle almonds on top, or mix in almonds and serve salad from bowl.