One of the food52 team favorites is the Curried Smoked Turkey Salad. So, for my second installment of the Counterfeit Cook Office Lunch Series, Iris Cafe's owner, Rachel Graville, shared the recipe.

Curried Smoked Turkey Salad

Serves: 4

Ingredients

• 1teaspoon Patak's Garlic Relish
• 1/2cup mayonnaise
• 1pound smoked turkey breast, cut into 1/4-inch dice
• 1/4medium red onion, finely chopped
• 2celery ribs, cut into 1/4-inch dice
• 1/4cup flame or golden raisins (dried cranberries wouldn't be bad, either!)
• 1teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, to taste
• 4handfuls mixed greens (be generous)
• 1splash Olive oil, for sprinkling
• 1splash Balsamic vinegar, for sprinkling
• 1/3cup coarsely chopped walnuts, toasted
• 4slices cranberry (or raisin) pecan bread, toasted and buttered

Directions

1. Make the mayonnaise: mix the garlic relish and mayonnaise, and adjust to taste, adding more garlic relish for more curry flavor.
2. Combine the turkey, onion, celery, raisins and black pepper, and then, little by little, add in the mayo, folding it together with a spoon. The salad should just come together, but not be too wet. Only season with salt if necessary (smoked turkey is usually salted).
3. To serve: sprinkle a bowl of greens with a little olive oil and balsamic vinegar (the curry mayo also acts as additional dressing so use oil and vinegar sparingly!). Serve a generous scoop of the turkey salad on top of greens, top with a handful of the chopped walnuts, and a little more black pepper. At Iris Cafe, they serve this salad with a piece of toasted cranberry pecan bread from Pain d'Avignon, in the Essex Street Market.

https://food52.com/recipes/9878-curried-smoked-turkey-salad