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MARINATED BABY MARROW SUMMER SALAD WITH SALSA VERDE CROUTONS
Marinated baby marrow summer salad with salsa verde croutons
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Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly
Serves: 4
Dietary considerations: Dairy free
Category: Vegetarian / Easy
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 5 minutes
Ingredients:
8 baby marrows, thinly sliced
1 bulb fennel
1 cup gooseberry dressing
1 ciabatta, thinly sliced
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
For the salsa verde, blend:
2 T casper berries
8 black olives, pitted
8 green olives, pitted
1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
1/2 cup chopped basil
1/2 cup chopped mint
1/2 cup red-wine vineger
Cooking instructions:

Arrange the baby marrow and fennel slices in a shallow bowl, then drizzle with Gooseberry Dressing (Verlaque.co.za make a delicious one).

Blend together all the ingredients for the salsa.

Lightly toast the ciabatta slices and top with a good spoonful of salsa verde. Serve with the salad and season to taste.

 
 

TASTE’s take:

This salsa is one of my favourite salad dressings  - even simply tossed over cos lettuce.

Wine: Alexanderfontein Chenin Blanc 2009


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