| Eve's Salad - Taken inexpertly with my i-phone | 
Warm fig and pomegranate salad
OK,  so why did it tick the boxes, you ask?
· Thepomegranate dressing has an interesting flavour due to my new 'must-have in the frig’, Pomegratate Molasses. ("Molasses… Molasses… it's icky-sticky goo, Molasses… Molasses… it al-ways stick -to -you"). No, this is not your usual molasses. It adds a complex but not too sweet flavour to many dishes.
     Pomegranate seeds add an interesting crunch as each little seed explodes in your mouth.
·        The warmed figs – I love figs in every form and have happy memories   when G and Istole  them  from an ancient tree in the garden of a long deserted villa.  They were firm,  sweet and were warmed by the Tuscan sun; I felt like Eve.  Perhaps Adam and Eve ate a fig and not an apple which makes  sense since they were wearing fig leaves; hence the renaming of the salad.  So the BBQ’d  warmed figs hit a high note with me.
Here it is...  for 4 servings
Eve's salad
 4 large ripe figs cut in half .  Brush or spray cut side with olive oil.  1 pomegranate - cut in half.  With a citrus juicer, juice one half to yield 1tbsp juice after removing some of the seeds to retain with seeds from other half.  
70g goats cheese or Danish feta crumbled
DressingCombine 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil with 2 tsp pomegranate molasses, 1 tbsp pomegranate juice and a squeeze of lemon juice
Season with salt & cracked pepper
70g goats cheese or Danish feta crumbled
DressingCombine 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil with 2 tsp pomegranate molasses, 1 tbsp pomegranate juice and a squeeze of lemon juice
Season with salt & cracked pepper
To serve Combine 50g rocket leaves with a handful of basil. Just before serving, warm the figs through , cut side down, on a BBQ. Add figs
     and cheese.  Drizzle with dressing and scatter with pomegranate seeds
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