Sunday, February 08, 2009

A nice salad

I just wanted to write the recipe down for the salad I had for lunch today (and yesterday) so that I don't forget it. I didn't take a photo or anything, because I didn't think to do so, but it was really good. So, for posterity:

Some cherry and plum tomatoes, from the garden
A small bunch of rocket leaves from the garden
A cucumber
Red bullhorn chilli (or capsicum)
Small shallot (or half a one)
Ligurian olives

Chop up relevant ingredients into appropriately-sized pieces (finely dice the shallot).
Sprinkle over some dried oregano, pinch of salt.
Squeeze of lemon juice. Half a lemon per serve.
Drizzle spoonful or two of good extra virgin olive oil
Toss about, then add a generous quantity of fresh ricotta on top, as much as you like (I like a Lot), then sprinkle more oregano over, and grind some black pepper, and you have a really nice lunch! I especially like how the olives go with the ricotta. Both from the Norton St Grocers' incredibly popular deli section.

And now, Bear has just handed me a bowl of homemade vanilla ice cream with fresh mango and toasted almond slices. PHWOAR!