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Salads
Wet garlic salad
This is a light but whole-meal kind of salad that's brilliant for a healthy vegetarian lunch. Wet (or green) garlic is freshly-harvested garlic that hasn't been hung up to dry. It's sweeter, milder and less pungent than the usual kind and is lovely sliced straight into salads.
Ingredients
- a little oil for frying, e.g. vegetable or sunflower
- small handful wet garlic, finely sliced
- 40g pasta, cooked, preferably orecchiette or another small pasta
- 40g white beans, cooked, e.g. cannellini or haricot (drained, tinned beans are fine to use)
- juice ½ lemon
- large handful salad leaves or watercress
- 2 tbsp feta cheese, crumbled
- salt and pepper
Method
Prep time:
15 min
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Cooking time:
10 min
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Step 1
In a small frying pan, heat the oil and fry the wet garlic for a couple of minutes, until just softened slightly.
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Step 2
Remove and drain on kitchen paper, and leave to cool. Place in a bowl and toss with the pasta, beans, lemon juice, lettuce and just enough olive oil to coat the salad.
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Step 3
Season with pepper and transfer to a serving bowl. Crumble over the feta cheese to serve.
