Marinated Celery Salad With Chickpeas and Parmesan Recipe

"Celery is an underappreciated vegetable that brings wonderful crunch, perfume and bitterness to a salad (and no wonder: It’s related to carrots, parsley and fennel) Here it is front and center in a main-dish salad, especially satisfying with a poached egg or some charcuterie on the side Buy full green heads of celery, not the pale hearts, and make sure the leaves are still attached..."

INGREDIENTS
3 tablespoons sherry vinegar, more as needed
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
½ teaspoon maple syrup or honey
Salt and ground black pepper
2 garlic cloves, smashed and peeled
⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil, more as needed
4 cups cooked or canned chickpeas
4 large or 6 small celery stalks, trimmed (reserve the leaves) and cut into large julienne
2 large scallions, white and pale green parts, thinly sliced on a diagonal, or 1/4 cup thinly sliced red onion
1 to 2 cups loosely packed celery leaves, coarsely chopped
1 pint small tomatoes, halved
¼ cup loosely packed basil leaves, rolled and julienned
2 ounces Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, coarsely grated, or crumbled feta
1 small loaf (or 1/2 large loaf) day-old, peasant-style crusty bread
Romaine or butterhead lettuce, endive or escarole, cut or torn into bite-size leaves
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