Quinoa salad with roasted grapes and feta

Recipes / Vegetarian

Create an explosion of flavours in your mouth with this vegetarian quinoa salad. It combines the sweetness of grapes and nectarines with the crunch of celery and almonds.

Recipe «Quinoa salad with roasted grapes and feta» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 20 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1/3 cup olive oil, divided, 1 cup white quinoa, 1/4 cup white wine vinegar, 4 cups red grapes, 1/4 cup marsala , 4 stalks celery, thinly sliced on the bias, 4 spring onions, sliced, 100g rocket , 2 white nectarines, pitted, sliced, 80g Greek feta, 1/2 cup toasted almonds, coarsely chopped.

Ingredients:

  • 1/3 cup olive oil, divided 
  • 1 cup white quinoa 
  • 1/4 cup white wine vinegar 
  • 4 cups red grapes 
  • 1/4 cup marsala 
  • 4 stalks celery, thinly sliced on the bias 
  • 4 spring onions, sliced 
  • 100g rocket 
  • 2 white nectarines, pitted, sliced 
  • 80g Greek feta 
  • 1/2 cup toasted almonds, coarsely chopped 

Instructions

  1. Heat a medium saucepan over medium-high heat. Add 2 teaspoons of the oil, then add the quinoa and cook for about 3 minutes, or until toasted. Add 1 2/3 cups of water and bring to a boil. Cover the pan, reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer for about 15 minutes, or until the quinoa absorbs the liquid. Turn off the heat. Uncover and cool completely.
  2. In a small bowl, whisk the vinegar and 1/4 cup of the oil to blend. Season the vinaigrette to taste with salt and pepper.
  3. Heat a large heavy frying pan over medium heat. Add the remaining oil, then add the grapes and cook, tossing often, for about 10 minutes, or until the grapes have softened and begin to caramelise. Turn off the heat and stir in the marsala.
  4. Transfer the cooled quinoa to a large bowl. Fold in the celery and spring onions and toss with enough vinaigrette to coat; reserve the remaining vinaigrette for drizzling.
  5. Divide the rocket among 4 dinner plates. Top with the quinoa and nectarines. Divide the grapes and their liquid among the salads. Crumble the feta over the salads, then sprinkle with the almonds. Drizzle with the reserved vinaigrette and serve.