Fresh Fig, Pear & Goats Cheese Salad
A delicious, goats cheese salad with fresh sweet flavours.
Excellent source of vitamin A and C, those cells protecting anti-oxidants.
Rich in protein, calcium and fibre.
Serves 2
Takes 20 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 medium ripe pear sliced
- 1 stick celery chopped into cm cubes
- 1 – 2 fresh figs cut into wedges
- bunch mixed green leaves
- 150g mild creamy goats cheese sliced
- 50g soft goats cheese crumbled
- 2tbs walnuts broken into pieces
- 2tbs fig relish condiment
- fig vinaigrette dressing
- 6 baby potatoes cut into slices
- sea salt & black pepper
Method
Place the potatoes into a pan of cool water, bring to the boil, then lower the heat to a simmer for approx. 10 minutes until the potatoes are cooked through
In the meantime, prepare the rest of your salad ingredients.
Remove the cooked potatoes from the heat, drain and sit to one side.
Drizzle a good luge of fig vinaigrette with a pinch of sea salt and black pepper into a bowl, add the mixed leaves and celery and toss them around in the vinaigrette.
Place a portion of the green salad onto a serving plate.
Decoratively add the sliced potatoes, sliced pear, fig wedges and goats cheese.
Scatter over the walnut pieces.
Place a dollop of the fig relish in the centre of the plate.
Drizzle with more fig vinaigrette and season with more sea salt and pepper to your taste.
To Serve
This salad always reminds me of a similar salad I had in a restaurant on a hot summer’s day in the south of France, enjoyed with a cool glass of crisp Rosie wine.
At home I might select a glass of sparkling water with lots of crushed fresh mint.
Food Produce
Ideally use organic food produce where possible.
Visit your local food suppliers or farmers market for fresh produce.
Consider the animal welfare when selecting fresh meat,poultry, eggs and dairy.
Select foods that are ethically sourced.
Ideally know the provenance.
Consider eating more sustainable foods.
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Author: Angela Taffinder the founder of Emporium Treatment Clinic. A practising Aesthetician for 35+ years, holistic and wellbeing advocate and yoga instructor. The creator of Yoga & Vitality.