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NEW ORLEANS COLESLAW

NEW ORLEANS COLESLAW

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Serves: 6

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  • Nigella Recipe
  • Vegetarian

I can't remember why I call this my New Orleans coleslaw now (I've been making it, or a version of it, for so long), but I think it has something to do with all the wonderful pecan trees I saw when I was there.

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Ingredients

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  • 1 white cabbage (about 1kg / 2lbs before trimming)
  • 2 carrots
  • 2 sticks celery
  • 4 spring onions
  • 200 grams mayonnaise (preferably organic)
  • 4 tablespoons buttermilk
  • 2 tablespoons maple syrup
  • 2 teaspoons cider vinegar
  • 100 grams pecan nuts (fairly finely chopped)
  • salt (to taste)
  • pepper (to taste)
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Method

  1. Trim and shred the cabbage, either by hand or with a food processor.
  2. Peel and grate the carrots, and finely slice the celery and spring onions.
  3. Whisk together the mayonnaise, buttermilk, maple syrup and vinegar and coat the shredded vegetables with this dressing.
  4. Season, and toss through the chopped nuts.

Additional information - for gluten free check the mayonnaise is gluten free.

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  • I´ve made this a few times now and everybody just love it. My husbands old aunt who notoriously refuses to eat salad had 2 helpings and said it was the best salad she´d ever had :-) Rikke, Denmark.

    Posted by R-ice on 14th Sep 2011 at 7.41

  • i tried this and it was absolutely delicious! everyone enjoyed it and i now make it at any family gathering, a brilliant and simple recipe thank you

    Posted by Iszie on 24th Mar 2012 at 12.46

  • thank you xx i got this receipe from watching nigella on one of her programmes years ago and lost it ... so yahhh its back on the menu tonite xx thank you once again nigella x happy eating

    Posted by mieke b on 18th Apr 2012 at 11.14

  • Can the buttermilk be substituted with anything?

    Posted by salenka on 13th Oct 2012 at 10.48

  • I've made this several times, yummy. The non Salad eaters in my home love it too. For those who can not obtain Buttermilk, it is easy to make your own from one cup of milk and one tbsp of either White Vinegar or Lemon Juice. You can also make it from Cream.

    Posted by carol57 on 2nd Dec 2012 at 15.13

  • Made this three times now. The non Salad eaters in my house are no more. Milk and Lemon Juice or Milk and White Vinegar can be a good substitute for Buttermilk.

    Posted by carol57 on 3rd Dec 2012 at 14.12

  • I've made this a few times and I never have the right ingredients. Yogurt seems to work instead of the buttermilk, I've even used milk and I often use apple syrup instead of the maple syrup.

    Posted by rosiekaplan on 11th Dec 2012 at 1.18