Mediterranean Salad
Posted:
August 10, 2017
Categories:
Other Recipes
Serves - 4
Prepare in 30 minutes
INGREDIENTS
- 2 cucumbers
- 1 courgette
- 1 carrot
- 1 yellow pepper halve, core, remove white skin and cut into strips.
- 300g feta cheese cut in cubes
- 90g black olives stoned slice
- 250g cherry tomatoes, halved
- 1 red onion peel, halve and slice the onions
- 3 oregano or basil sprigs - pluck off leaves and chop coarsely
- 10cl olive oil
- 3tbsp lime juice
- 1tbsp (white) balsamic vinegar
- Sea salt and black pepper freshly ground
METHOD
- To make the dressing - mix together the olive oil, lemon juice, vinegar and oregano.
- To prepare the cucumber - peel 1 cucumber, cut in half lengthways and scrape out the seeds with a teaspoon, slice the cucumber. Sprinkle the sliced cucumber with some salt in a separate bowl and allow to draw for a few minutes. Then squeeze out. Cut the other cucumber into spirals using a Swiss peeler with the straight blade and green attachment.
- To preare the courgette - use the Swiss peeler with the julienne blade and green attachment to cut into spaghetti.
- To prepare the carrot - peel and use the Swiss peeler with the julienne blade and orange attachment to cut into spaghetti.
- Place the sliced cucumber in a bowl with the yellow pepper, black olives, feta cheese, tomatoes and red onions. Add the dressing and mix together well. Season with sea salt and pepper.
- Arrange the salad onto a large platter, or in a bowl. Decorate with the spirals of cucumber, courgette and carrot.
- Season to taste with salt and pepper.