Freekeh Salad With Plums, Rocket & Wasabi

Salad ‘A cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables.’ I often find the word salad a misnomer, conjuring images of bland leaves, only fit to feed our rodent friends, but they can be so much more than that.

The key lies in variety: texture, flavour and piquancy all play a role, one where every bite brings a new party to the palate. This dish perfectly fuels the transition of the seasons, hearty and warming, yet maintaining a freshness as we straddle the hiatus between summer and fall.

Make a batch of this, lay it on a table, watch it evaporate into thin air….

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Nothing beats sharing food with friends and family, this salad is perfect for autumnal get togethers

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Author: Suze Morrison

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Freekeh Salad With Plums, Rocket & Wasabi

Prep time: 20 MinCook time: 25 MinTotal time: 45 Min

This dish perfectly fuels the transition of the seasons, hearty and warming, yet maintaining a freshness as we straddle the hiatus between summer and fall.Make a batch of this, lay it on a table, watch it evaporate into thin air….

Ingredients

• 150g Freekeh, rinsed until the water runs clear.
• 400g Ripe Plums, halves, and quarters
• 1 White Onion finely sliced.
• 6 Spring Onions finely sliced.
• 50g Rocket, washed.
• 50g Pistachios, toasted and finely chopped.
• 150g Quark, Drained overnight in a muslin lined sieve.
• 1tsp Flaky Salt
• 1 Clove Garlic, minced.
• 2 Lemons, juice, and zest
• 6tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• 1tbsp White Miso
• 1tsp Fresh Wasabi, grated (or use 1tsp Wasabi Paste)
• Soft Herbs to serve.

Instructions

1. Begin with the dressing. Blend the miso with the juice of one lemon in a small jar. Add the remaining lemon juice, wasabi and 4tbsp olive oil and shake to emulsify. Set aside.
2. Mix the Quark with the salt and garlic and set aside to infuse.
3. Add the freekeh to a pan with 450-500ml water, add the onion and bring to the boil, simmer for 12-15 minutes, or until just tender. Drain, stir through the olive oil and 1 tbsp. of the dressing, and set aside.
4. Rub 1tbsp of the dressing around the base and sides of your serving bowl. Mix the plums, spring onions and rocket into the freekeh with a few of the pistachios.
5. Tumble into your bowl, drizzle with a touch more dressing and dot teaspoons of the seasoned quark over the top.
6. Add the reaming pistachios and soft herbs and serve the with extra dressing on the side.

https://gourmetglow.co.uk/recipes/freekeh-plum-wasabi-salad