Summer Plum and Prawn Salad

Jenny Morris, Plums

Serves 4

Ingredients

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

Spicy Plum and Chilli Dressing

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

Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor

.Taste and adjust seasoning.

Method

Layer the salad ingredients on a serving platter, moistening each of the layers with
the chilli dressing as you go.

Serve immediately.