Apple Salad with Cider-Benne Vinaigrette – Garden & Gun

Ingredients

• 2 apples, Granny Smith or another tart variety
• 6 cups arugula
• ½ cup yogurt (RT Lodge makes theirs in-house, but you can use Greek yogurt or labneh)
• ¼ cup benne seeds (the restaurant uses Anson Mills; can be substituted with sesame seeds)
• ½ bunch parsley
• 2 shallots
• A handful of bacon bits (the restaurant makes theirs with Benton’s bacon)
• 1 tbsp. + 1 tsp. dijon mustard
• ½ gallon fresh apple cider (reduce in a sauce pot over medium heat until 1 cup remains)
• ⅔ cup champagne vinegar
• ¼ cup benne seed oil (can be replaced with sesame oil but you will only need 1 tbsp.)
• ¾ cup grapeseed oil