• 300 gr (10.5 oz) celery tuber
• juice of 1 lemon
• 200 gr (7 oz) celery leaves chopped
• 300 gr (10.5 oz) gruyere cheese
• 2 sour apples
• 150 gr (5 oz) walnuts cut in little pieces
• 2 tbs sharp mustard
• 4 tbs whipping cream
• 2 tbs mayonaise
• salt and pepper to taste

1. Peel celery tuber and cut in little thin strips, cook in boiling water with lemon juice ca 4 min, rinse with cold water, drain and let cool .
2. Peel and take seeds out of the apples and cut in little thin strips.
3. Cut cheese in little thin strips.
4. Roast walnuts dry in a frying pan and let cool.
5. Mix mustard, mayonaise and whipping cream, add strips of celery tuber, celery leaves (keep 2 tbs separate),apple strips and cheese strips, mix well and refrigerate for 3 hours.
6. Top with roasted walnuts and celery leaves.
7. Serve with dark brown bread and salted butter.

A wonderful salad original from Germany in Bayern. Bon apetite, Michel