Servings
3-4
Prep time:
55minutes
Time to marinate
30 minutes to salt
Good For
lunch
Cool water melon salad
2 cups of watermelon in 1×1 cm pieces- not too ripe
1 cucumber deseeded and cut into 1×1 cm pieces
50 g ruccola leaves
a handful of iceberg salad or romaine thinly sliced
1/2 small red onion marinated in 2 tbsp olive oil, juice of 1/2 lemon, 1 teaspoon sumac), 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
Pepper to taste
Small handful of roughly chopped pistacios
150 g of feta cheese crumbled
Ingredients
Marinade:
1 tbsp Olive oil to taste
Instructions
Step 1
Leave the cut water melon and cucumber with 1 tsp of good sea salt in a colander to draw out the water. Do not skip this step. Once done set aside in the fridge.
Step 2
Slice the red onion finely and add to ta glass with the marinade; 2 tbsp of Olive oil, lemon juice, cayenne pepper and sunak. Leave to marinate for 15 minutes.
Step 3
Mix the ruccola and iceberg in your serving bowl. Add the water melon and cucumber. Mix with the onion- decide how much of the marinade to add. I do not like much. Top with the feta cheese and the pistacios. Serve cold.
Tips
You could add fresh green peas or little slices of fresh asparagus. I do not generally like to add more ingredients to a salad, but it really depends what you serve it with.
I keep a glass of the onion marinated in my fridge over the summer- I will therefore make a portion of a full onion. I like to add it on a white gluten – free pizza, serve with. a grilled chicken breast or chicken kebobs. It is a really good condiment.
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