This recipe is taken from the Guardian and adapted by me, I tested it out for a friends party, everybody wanted the recipe!!
This recipe is taken from the Guardian and adapted by me, I tested it out for a friends party, everybody wanted the recipe!!
Yotam Ottolenghi creates these wonderful salads with various
shades of a single colour,
making you stop to check what's in there. Early summer is the best time for the original spring version but any season will provide a monochromatic celebration of colour.
I find its the Hazelnuts that give it quite a unique edge to the salad and the sesame and Nigella seeds its individuality.
Serves four to six.
Will need
300g asparagus, trimmed and sliced on a sharp angle into 3-4 thin spears
200g french beans, topped
300g broad beans (fresh or frozen)
50g baby spinach leaves
1 shallot, peeled and very thinly sliced
1 red chilli, finely diced
½ tsp sesame oil
3 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp lemon juice
1 tbsp sesame seeds, toasted
1 tsp nigella seeds
Salt
Bring a large pot of water to a boil and blanch the asparagus for two to four minutes, depending on thickness – you don't want them cooked to very soft. With a slotted spoon, transfer to a bowl of ice-cold water. Add the french beans to the boiling water, blanch for five minutes and transfer to the asparagus bowl. Drain both well, then dry with a clean kitchen towel. Blanch the broad beans in the same water for two minutes, drain, refresh and dry, then remove and discard the skins by pressing each bean gently between finger and thumb.
Put all the greens in a large bowl and add all the remaining ingredients and half a teaspoon of salt. Stir gently, taste, add more salt if you like, and serve at once.
