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Salmon salad recipe
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Smoked salmon & avocado salad

A perfect combo of flavours & textures

Salmon salad recipe
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20 mins
Super easy

serves 4

About the recipe

Soft, creamy and crunchy meet sweet and tangy – this avocado salad really does have it all.


nutrition per serving

4
3
9

Calories

2
4
.
2
g

Fat

4
.
6
g

Saturates

3
.
5
g

Sugars

3
.
5
7
g

Salt

2
1
.
3
g

Protein

3
7
.
8
g

Carbs

4
.
8
g

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake


Ingredients

1 loaf of ciabatta

2 small avocados, stoned and sliced

1 lemon

½ a cucumber

2 handfuls of mixed fresh herbs (I like using mint, flat-leaf parsley and/or chervil), leaves picked

1 punnet of cress, snipped

2 tablespoons mixed seeds (try pumpkin, sesame, sunflower and poppy seeds)

1 blood orange, halved

extra virgin olive oil

sea salt and freshly ground pepper

200g/7oz smoked salmon, from sustainable sources, ask your fishmonger

Method

  1. Heat a griddle pan until it is screaming hot – this will take about 5 minutes. Meanwhile, cut the ciabatta in half lengthways, then cut into four equal-sized pieces, about 10–12cm/4–5 inches square.
  2. Place the sliced avocado in a bowl and squeeze over some lemon juice to stop it from discolouring. Using a speed peeler or potato peeler, slice the cucumber into long, thin strips on top of the avocado. Add the herbs and cress.
  3. Lightly toast the seeds in a dry pan on a medium to low heat, and place to one side to cool. Squeeze a tablespoon of juice out of the blood orange into a bowl, and add 3 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil. Season it well and give it a mix.
  4. Griddle your ciabatta squares in the griddle pan, charring both sides. Once they are nicely toasted, drizzle with a little of the dressing and put to one side. Place a square of ciabatta on each of four plates, then top each with a quarter of the smoked salmon.
  5. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of the dressing over the salad and very gently mix with your fingertips. If you feel it needs more dressing, add a little extra, but try not to go overboard – you want it to be very light. Top the smoked salmon with the salad. Finish your delicious starter with a sprinkling of toasted seeds, using half a tablespoon per plate, and garnish with a wedge of blood orange.

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