Farmers market salad

Recipes / Salads

This salad is a great way to taste the season - just choose the best ingredients on offer at your local growers market.

Recipe «Farmers market salad» presented in category Recipes / Salads, to prepare this dish you will need no more 10 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 bunch baby carrots, trimmed, 100g baby green beans, 150g mixed salad leaves, 1 bunch watercress, leaves picked, 250g mixed cherry tomatoes, halved if large , 4-6 radishes, thinly sliced, 1 punnet mustard cress, 1/4 cup raspberry vinegar or red wine vinegar , 1 tsp Dijon mustard, 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil.

Ingredients:

  • 1 bunch baby carrots, trimmed 
  • 100g baby green beans 
  • 150g mixed salad leaves 
  • 1 bunch watercress, leaves picked 
  • 250g mixed cherry tomatoes, halved if large 
  • 4-6 radishes, thinly sliced 
  • 1 punnet mustard cress 
  • 1/4 cup raspberry vinegar or red wine vinegar 
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard 
  • 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil 

Instructions

  1. Blanch the carrots in boiling salted water for 3-4 minutes until just tender, then refresh under cold water. Blanch the beans for 2-3 minutes until just tender, then refresh under cold water. Place beans and carrots in a bowl with remaining salad ingredients.
  2. Place vinegar, Dijon and extra virgin olive oil in a clean jar, then season well and shake to combine. Just before serving, pour the dressing over the salad.