Tomato & goats cheese salad with crisp tortillas

Recipes / Salads

Start the week with this Meat-free Monday feast of tomato & goats cheese salad with crisp tortillas.

Recipe «Tomato & goats cheese salad with crisp tortillas» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 12 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 4 flour tortillas, 100ml extra virgin olive oil, 1/2 tsp ground cumin, 2 Lebanese cucumbers, peeled, cut into 1cm pieces, 2 x 400g punnets tomato medley mix, halved , 4 spring onions, thinly sliced, 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves, 2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley , 2 tbsp lemon juice, 50g soft goat’s cheese, crumbled, 60g pecans, roasted, finely chopped.

Ingredients:

  • 4 flour tortillas 
  • 100ml extra virgin olive oil 
  • 1/2 tsp ground cumin 
  • 2 Lebanese cucumbers, peeled, cut into 1cm pieces 
  • 2 x 400g punnets tomato medley mix, halved 
  • 4 spring onions, thinly sliced 
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped coriander leaves 
  • 2 tbsp finely chopped flat-leaf parsley 
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice 
  • 50g soft goat’s cheese, crumbled 
  • 60g pecans, roasted, finely chopped 

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 180C. Stack tortillas and cut into 1cm-wide strips. Combine in a bowl with 2 tablespoons oil and cumin. Season. Spread in a single layer over an oven tray lined with baking paper. Bake, turning occasionally, for 12 minutes or until golden and crisp. Cool.
  2. Meanwhile, place cucumbers, tomatoes, onions, herbs, lemon juice and remaining 60ml (1/4 cup) oil in a bowl. Season, then toss to combine.
  3. Scatter a spoonful of salad, some tortilla strips, goat’s cheese and pecans over a platter. Repeat scattering and layering, in batches, with the remaining ingredients. Serve immediately.