![]() ![]() This is the perfect salad if you are tired of lettuce. And don't forget to tag on Instagram so we can admire your creation! Please read the entire post for tips and tricks to ensure a perfect recipe every time. It’s colorful, flavorful, and takes just 10 minutes to prep! Serve the asparagus with the hot crumbs and pancetta scattered over them.This roasted Beet and Grapefruit Salad is a restaurant-worthy salad made right at home. Place the asparagus on the hot griddle, lightly brush them with oil and cook for 4-5 minutes, turning them regularly until they are lightly marked. As the pancetta starts to crisp lightly add the breadcrumbs and continue cooking, stirring so they do not burn, until the crumbs are golden and are starting to crisp. If there is only a little fat in the pan, then add a tablespoon or two of olive oil. You want the fat to melt, which will be the soul of your dressing. Cut the pancetta into small strips or dice, as you wish, then cook them in a shallow pan over a lowish heat. Test them with the point of a knife, then drain carefully, so as not to bruise the fragile tips. Trim any tough ends from the asparagus, then cook the spears in the boiling water for about 6 minutes until almost tender. Serves 2Īsparagus 250g pancetta 150g, in one piece white breadcrumbs 4 tbspīring a wide, deep pan of water to the boil and salt it lightly. It is hardly any more trouble and gives the best of both methods. Sometimes, I like to cook them lightly in boiling water, then finish them on the griddle for a smoky note. ![]() Cooked this way the spears are delicious, but remain crisp, never acquiring the gorgeous silky tenderness of a steamed spear. You can cook asparagus on a hot griddle from raw, keeping the heat low, to give the spears time to come to tenderness. Photograph: Jonathan Lovekin/The Observer ![]() Pour over the avocado and cucumber, tossing gently, taking care not to crush the avocado.īreak the warm salmon into large pieces – I like them 3-4cm in length – then add to the salad and serve. Add the basil and mint leaves and 1 tbsp of iced water and process to a thick, green-freckled dressing. Squeeze in the lime juice and a twist or two of the pepper mill. Make the dressing: pour the olive oil into a blender jug and add a good pinch of salt. Larger leaves are probably best torn or sliced.) (I add the leaves whole only when they are small. Add them to the cucumber – don’t mix them just yet – then add the basil and mint leaves. Halve, stone and peel the avocados, then slice them thickly. Cut the cucumber into pencil-thick slices and place in a mixing bowl. Using a teaspoon, scrape out and discard the seedy core (it will make the salad wet). Peel the cucumber and cut in half lengthways. The salmon is ready when you can easily tease the flakes of fish away from one another. Arrange the pieces of fish, skin side down and a few centimetres apart – so the heat can penetrate evenly – then rub them lightly with some of the oil and season with salt.Ĭook the fish, about 20cm away from the grill, for about 8-10 minutes (less if the pieces of fish are on the thin side), until the surface is lightly crisp and patchily golden brown. Line a grill pan or baking sheet with kitchen foil and oil it lightly. Salmon tail 650g olive oil a little cucumber 100g avocados 2 basil leaves 12, medium coriander leaves 20 For the dressing: olive oil 100ml lime juice 25ml basil leaves 6g (a small handful) mint leaves 5g (a small handful) I suggest a salmon tail here – it is often cheaper than the fat, middle cuts and just as suitable for a recipe such as this. One caveat is that the avocado is only just ripe, so it doesn’t break up as you (gently) toss the ingredients together. Cucumber is a time-honoured companion to salmon, but I like it with the soft, buttery quality of avocado, too. Grilled salmon with avocado and herb lime dressing Yes, the kitchen will be playful, too, but I need to get through a round of summer classics first, the long-awaited dishes that tell us, unequivocally, that summer is here, or perhaps I should say here at last. I can’t ever remember looking forward to summer eating so much, especially to classic chicken salads with homemade tarragon mayonnaise bowls of fish soup with aioli gooseberry crumble and a vast strawberry tart. If I do them again before the end of the season, I might add the tips to a salad of new potatoes, to eat warm, turning the hot fat into a dressing with a splash of wine vinegar. We ate the asparagus as it came straight from the griddle with wisps of crisp pancetta and bread for dipping in the sizzling fat. The asparagus was steamed lightly before I put the spears on the grill and tossed them in the hot, smoky fat from a piece of pancetta. ![]()
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