Spring salad with pistachio brittle
Ingredients
for 4 person
| 30 g | unsalted, shelled pistachios |
| ½ tsp | sea salt |
| 1 tsp | Fine Food Jamaica Piment |
| 5 tbsp | sugar |
| 2 tbsp | water |
| a little | lemon juice |
| 1 | organic lemon use a little zest and all of the juice (approx. 3 tbsp) |
| 2 tbsp | Hemp oil |
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
| 1 cm | ginger finely grated |
| ¾ tsp | salt |
| a little | pepper |
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
| 158 g | edamame (unpeeled), peeled |
| 100 g | thin green asparagus |
| 100 g | baby lettuce |
| 1 | courgette, thinly sliced lengthwise |
| 150 g | soft goats' cheese (Chavroux) |
| 1 bunch | chervil, torn into pieces |
How it's done
Pistachio brittle
Mix the pistachios with the salt and allspice. Bring the sugar, water and lemon juice to the boil in a wide-bottomed pan without stirring, reduce the heat and simmer, swirling the pan occasionally, until a light brown caramel has formed. Remove the pan from the heat, add the pistachios, mix, immediately transfer to a baking tray lined with baking paper. Leave the brittle to cool, break into large slivers.
Dressing
Mix all the ingredients up to and including the ginger, season.
Salad
Heat the oil in a pan, fry the asparagus for approx. 2 mins. Mix the edamame beans, baby salad leaves and courgette in a bowl, add the asparagus, goats' cheese, chervil and dressing, mix. Serve with the brittle.
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