recipe: warm courgette & melon salad

warm courgette & melon salad

crisp crunchy courgette & chunky melon pieces dressed w/ mandarin, chilli, honey, lime, lemon verbena & mint

IngredientsMakes: 600g (2)

260g		courgette	(recipe below)
4g		butter
0.5g		black pepper
300g		galia melon
1g		salt
50g		spicy mandarin & mint verbena dressing	(recipe below)

Method

Using as fresh a courgette as possible.

Dice courgette in 1cm+ size chunks, sear in an butter glazed pan for no more than 60 seconds then season w/ black pepper! This will give you a warm, slightly butter & crunchy courgette w/ a hint of heat.

Place in a warm serving bowl.

Take the galia melon, slice in half & deseed it.

Cut it into slices remove the skin & dice it into similar sized pieces, and add it to the courgette.

Season them generously, and leave them while you make the dressing.

Once you've made the dressing keep them separate until ready to serve.

Drain off any liquid from the courgette & melon & add the mandarin dressing, toss to coat evenly.

Serve immediately.

homegrown courgette

beautifully fresh crunchy homegrown courgette

IngredientsMakes: 260g

260g

courgette

Method

Top & tail the courgette & chunky dice it.

Use as you like!

spicy mandarin & mint verbena dressing

mandarin chilli honey & lime dipping sauce w/ lemon verbena & mint

IngredientsMakes: 50g

2g		mint
2g		lemon verbena
46g		honey lime & mandarin dip	(recipe below)

honey lime & mandarin dip

mandarin honey & lime dipping sauce - thicker version

IngredientsMakes: 231g (5)

1g		clementine zest
75g		clementine juice
100g		set honey
10g		fish sauce
12g		garlic
25g		lime juice
8g		chilli

Method

Zest the mandarin into the pot.

Top w/ honey & uW 800W / 1m to melt it.

Fine chop the garlic & chilli.

Add the rest of the ingredients and stir until mixed.

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