Fig, grape and walnut salad with grape vinaigrette
Fresh figs and grapes, walnuts and red onion, on a bed of rocket and dressed with a simple grape vinaigrette make a stunning autumn salad.
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Servings: 4
Calories: 370kcal
Ingredients
For the salad:
- 100 g baby rocket, (arugula)
- 1 small red onion, finely sliced
- 8 fresh figs, halved or quartered depending on their size
- A few handfuls of fresh grapes, halved
- ½ cup walnuts, roughly chopped, 60g
- 125 g cheese of your choosing, (a vegan option such as almond milk pulp cheese or dairy feta or blue cheese)
For the dressing:
- ¼ cup fresh grape juice, pressed from approximately 150g grapes - see instructions
- 2 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1-2 teaspoon red wine vinegar, if needed - see instructions
Instructions
- Begin by dry toasting your walnuts in a medium hot frypan (skillet) until golden brown. Remove from the heat and set aside to cool.
- To extract the fresh grape juice, put grapes in a sieve over a glass jug or bowl and press them with the back of a spoon to extract as much as juice as possible - leaving behind the skin and any pips. I used approximately 150g grapes to extract ¼ cup of juice.
- Put the grape juice into a small jar or lidded container, add olive oil, salt and pepper and shake until well combined. Taste the dressing and adjust acidity with red wine vinegar if required. If you're using home grown grapes with some tartness, you probably won't need any vinegar - but if you're using sweet grapes, or supermarket bought grapes then 1-2 teaspoon of vinegar will balance it out.
- Arrange rocket (arugula), red onion, figs, grapes, walnuts and cheese on a platter and drizzle with grape vinaigrette.
- Serve as a side dish, or with crusty bread, olives and home made hummus for a more substantial main meal.
Notes
Nutrition information is estimated based on using feta cheese in the recipe.
Nutrition information
Calories: 370kcal | Carbohydrates: 36.6g | Protein: 10.2g | Fat: 23.2g | Saturated Fat: 6.3g | Cholesterol: 28mg | Fiber: 5.4g
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