Cucumber bowls with Romesco sauce and cured ham
Ingredients
for 4 person
| 200 g | red peppers, quartered |
| 200 g | vine-ripened tomatoes, quartered |
| 1 | onion, cut into pieces |
| 1 | red chilli, deseeded, roughly chopped |
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
| ½ tsp | salt |
| ½ | garlic X |
| 40 g | almonds, roasted, coarsely chopped |
| 1 tbsp | red wine vinegar |
| 80 g | day-old bread, cut into cubes, toasted |
| ¼ tsp | salt |
| a little | pepper |
| 2 | cucumbers, halved, cut in thin slices, |
| 1 tin | butter beans (approx. 420 g), rinsed, drained |
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
| ½ tsp | salt |
| 90 g | cured ham in slices |
| 1 bunch | peppermint, leaves torn off |
| 1 tbsp | olive oil |
How it's done
Tomatoes and peppers
In a bowl, mix the peppers with all the other ingredients up to and including the salt, transfer to a baking tray lined with baking paper. Add the garlic.
To roast
Approx. 40 mins. in the upper half of an oven preheated to 200 °C. Remove, allow to cool slightly.
Romesco sauce
Place the almonds and vinegar in a measuring cup along with the vegetables. Add half of the bread cubes, puree, season. Divide the romesco sauce between the bowls.
Bowls
Place the cucumber and beans in a bowl, mix in the oil, season with salt, serve on top of the sauce. Top with the cured ham, mint and bread, drizzle with oil.
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