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Autumn Avocado, Plum, Tomato & Sesame Seed Salad

Add an avo to your spring salad.

Serves 6 – 8

Preparation time: 30 minutes

Cooking time: 0

Ingredients:

  • 2 ripe avocados, peeled, stoned and quartered
  • 600 g mixed ripe assorted tomatoes
  • 3 ripe plums, pitted and sliced into wedges
  • 6 spring onions, sliced on the diagonal
  • Handful of chives, roughly chopped

For the sesame seed dressing

  • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp) red wine vinegar
  • 10 ml (2 tsp) fish sauce (optional, omit for vegan)
  • 10 ml (2 tsp) soya sauce
  • 125 ml (½ cup) avocado or canola oil
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp) toasted sesame seeds (reserve 1 teaspoon for garnish)
  • 5 cm ginger, finely grated
  • 30 ml (2 tbsp) caster sugar
  • Pinch of chilli flakes, (optional)

Method:

  1. Start by making the dressing; place all the ingredients in a screw-top jar and shake well to combine. Allow to stand and infuse while you make the salad.
  2. To make the salad; arrange the avocado quarters, tomatoes and plum slices on a large platter, and sprinkle over spring onions, chives and reserved sesame seeds.
    Serve drizzled with sesame dressing.
  3. Serve immediately.

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