Bacon & egg braai salad with blue cheese

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A twist on a Caesar salad perfect for you next summer braai!

Ingredients

Salad:

  • 2 – 3 baby gem or butter lettuce
  • A small handful of watercress
  • A small bunch of chives, chopped
  • 125gms streak bacon, chopped
  • 3 eggs, hard-boiled
  • 60 – 100gms of blue cheese depending on how much you like

Blue cheese dressing:

  • 50gms blue cheese
  • ½ cup Hellman’s mayonnaise
  • ½ cup full fat Greek-style yoghurt
  • 1 Tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • Black pepper
  • 1 Tbsp chopped chives (optional)

Directions

  1. Add all the ingredients to the bowl of a small food processor and blend until smooth.
  2. Stir through the chopped chives if you are adding them.
  3. Boil the eggs, cool, peel and cut into quarters.
  4. While the eggs are boiling, fry your bacon until crispy and then drain on paper.
  5. Just before you want to serve this salad, arrange the lettuce leaves on flat platter and top with all the bits.
  6. Drizzle over the dressing and serve.
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Dressing

  • 5 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 Tbs freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 ½ tsp Dijon or whole grain mustard
  • 4 ½ tsp honey
  • Salt & pepper (a generous amount)

Salad

  • 2 cups lightly packed shredded carrot (julienne or grated)
  • 2 cups of shaved fennel (use a mandolin)
  • 3 – 4 radishes, shaved
  • 1/3 cup golden sultanas
  • A small handful of fresh mint, roughly chopped
  • A small handful of flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
  • A few sprigs of fennel leaves, roughly chopped
  • ¼ cup of shelled pistachios, roughly chopped (almonds or cashews could also be used)
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds, toasted
  • ½ tsp fennel seeds, toasted

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. To make the salad dressing whisk all the ingredients in a small bowl and season well with salt and pepper.
  2. To make the salad prepare all the elements and set aside.
  3. Toss everything except the nuts together just before serving and scatter these over the top.

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Dressing

  • 5 Tbs extra virgin olive oil
  • 3 Tbs freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 ½ tsp Dijon or whole grain mustard
  • 4 ½ tsp honey
  • Salt & pepper (a generous amount)

Salad

  • 2 cups lightly packed shredded carrot (julienne or grated)
  • 2 cups of shaved fennel (use a mandolin)
  • 3 – 4 radishes, shaved
  • 1/3 cup golden sultanas
  • A small handful of fresh mint, roughly chopped
  • A small handful of flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
  • A few sprigs of fennel leaves, roughly chopped
  • ¼ cup of shelled pistachios, roughly chopped (almonds or cashews could also be used)
  • ½ tsp cumin seeds, toasted
  • ½ tsp fennel seeds, toasted

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. To make the salad dressing whisk all the ingredients in a small bowl and season well with salt and pepper.
  2. To make the salad prepare all the elements and set aside.
  3. Toss everything except the nuts together just before serving and scatter these over the top.

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  • 1 – 2 packets of 2-minute noodles
  • 5 cups finely shredded cabbage
  • ½ cup finely sliced sugar snap peas (optional)
  • 1/3 cup of flaked almonds, toasted
  • 1/3 cup sunflower seeds toasted
  • +-2Tbsp toasted sesame seeds
  • 6 spring onions finely sliced (white and pale green parts)

Dressing:

  • 2 Tbsp + 2 tsp soy sauce
  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/3 cup sunflower oil
  • 1 tsp sesame oil (optional)
  • ¼ cup runny honey
  • 1 x garlic clove, minced
  • 1 heaped tsp grated ginger
  • 1 – 2 tsp wasabi paste, or one red chilli finely sliced, or a ½ tsp dried chilli flakes (optional to add heat)

Directions

  • Cut up all the vegetables and mix together in a large bowl.
  • Heat the grill element of your oven and break up the noodles onto a baking sheet and toast for about 10 – 15 cm under the grill until golden brown. Keep a close eye as they burn quickly and shake the pan a few times during the grilling process. Set aside.
  • Dry pan fry the seeds until they start to pop and turn golden brown. Remove from the pan to prevent carry-over cooking and set aside.
  • Put all the dressing ingredients into an empty jar and shake around.
  • Toss the dressing, seeds, noodles and nuts together and serve immediately.

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A Braai Salad recipe idea with a bit of Asian influence, the perfect salad to spice up any braai

Ingredients

  • 1 – 2 packets of 2-minute noodles
  • 5 cups finely shredded cabbage
  • ½ cup finely sliced sugar snap peas (optional)
  • 1/3 cup of flaked almonds, toasted
  • 1/3 cup sunflower seeds toasted
  • +-2Tbsp toasted sesame seeds
  • 6 spring onions finely sliced (white and pale green parts)

Dressing:

  • 2 Tbsp + 2 tsp soy sauce
  • ¼ cup red wine vinegar
  • 1/3 cup sunflower oil
  • 1 tsp sesame oil (optional)
  • ¼ cup runny honey
  • 1 x garlic clove, minced
  • 1 heaped tsp grated ginger
  • 1 – 2 tsp wasabi paste, or one red chilli finely sliced, or a ½ tsp dried chilli flakes (optional to add heat)

Directions

  • Cut up all the vegetables and mix together in a large bowl.
  • Heat the grill element of your oven and break up the noodles onto a baking sheet and toast for about 10 – 15 cm under the grill until golden brown.
  • Keep a close eye as they burn quickly and shake the pan a few times during the grilling process. Set aside.
  • Dry pan fry the seeds until they start to pop and turn golden brown. Remove from the pan to prevent carry-over cooking and set aside.
  • Put all the dressing ingredients into an empty jar and shake around.
  • Toss the dressing, seeds, noodles and nuts together and serve immediately.
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