Summer Plum and Prawn Salad
• Serves 4
Salad
Ingredients:
• 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
Method
1. Prepare the salad dressing first (see below).
2. Layer the salad ingredients on a serving platter, moistening each of the layers with
the chilli dressing as you go.
3. Serve immediately.
Spicy Plum and Chilli dressing
Ingredients:
• 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
1. Blend all the ingredients together in a food processor.
2.
Taste and adjust seasoning.