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Recipe of the day: Summer plum and prawn salad

A refreshing salad that can capture the essence of your sun-kissed Saturday!


Treat your taste buds with the vibrant flavours of the summer plum and prawn salad this Saturday.

Topped with a zesty spicy plum and chilli dressing, this dish is a burst of flavours perfect for a sunny day.

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Summer plum and prawn salad

Ingredients

For salad

  • 6 large firm ripe plums, peeled stoned, and cubed.
  • 200 g butter lettuce
  • 1 cup cubed English cucumber
  • 400 g cooked prawn meat
  • 1 cup bean sprouts
  • 2 spring onions with tops, sliced
  • 1/2 red pepper diced
  • 2 Tbsp chopped fresh coriander

For spicy plum and chilli dressing

  • ½ cup (125 ml) olive oil
  • 3 Tbsp lime juice
  • 1 tsp lime zest
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar
  • The flesh of two ripe plums
  • 2 Tbsp ready-made Japanese mayonnaise
  • 2 red chillies, sliced
  • 1 Tbsp chopped fresh mint
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 Tbsp honey

Method

For salad

  1. Prepare the salad dressing first (see below).
  2. Layer the salad ingredients on a serving platter, moistening each of the layers with
    the chili dressing as you go.
  3. Serve immediately.

For spicy plum and chilli dressing

  1. Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor.
  2. Taste and adjust seasoning.

*This recipe was sourced from Juicy Delicious with permission.

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Summer plum and prawn salad

Summer plum and prawn salad

  • Author: Jenny Morris
  • Prep Time: 2 minutes
  • Cook Time: 3 minutes
  • Total Time: 5 minutes
  • Category: salad,side
  • Method: no cook
  • Cuisine: greek

Ingredients

Scale

For salad

  • 6 large firm ripe plums, peeled stoned, and cubed.
  • 200 g butter lettuce
  • 1 cup cubed English cucumber
  • 400 g cooked prawn meat
  • 1 cup bean sprouts
  • 2 spring onions with tops, sliced
  • 1/2 red pepper diced
  • 2 Tbsp chopped fresh coriander

For Spicy plum and chilli dressing

  • ½ cup (125 ml) olive oil
  • 3 Tbsp lime juice
  • 1 tsp lime zest
  • 1 Tbsp fish sauce
  • 1 Tbsp brown sugar
  • The flesh of two ripe plums
  • 2 Tbsp ready-made Japanese mayonnaise
  • 2 red chillies, sliced
  • 1 Tbsp chopped fresh mint
  • 2 cloves garlic, crushed
  • 1 tsp sesame oil
  • 1 Tbsp honey

Instructions

For salad

  1. Prepare the salad dressing first (see below).
  2. Layer the salad ingredients on a serving platter, moistening each of the layers with
    the chili dressing as you go.
  3. Serve immediately.

For Spicy plum and chilli dressing

    1. Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor.

    2. Taste and adjust seasoning.

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