Watercress salad with orange, asparagus & Parmesan
An elegant and easy starter for a smart dinner party
Difficulty and servings
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 30 mins
Vegetarian
- Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cover a baking sheet with non-stick baking paper. Divide the Parmesan into 6 evenly spaced small piles on the baking sheet and flatten them into circles. Bake for 6-8 minutes until golden. Remove from the oven, let them sit for 1 minute to set then put on a rack to cool.
- Put all the dressing ingredients into a small bowl, season and whisk well. Arrange the watercress, red chicory, asparagus, orange segments and olives on each plate.
- Just before serving, trickle a little dressing over and top with a Parmesan wafer.
Know-how
Use non-stick or silicon-coated baking paper for the parmesan wafers or they will stick.
Per serving
151 kcalories, protein 5.6g, carbohydrate 7g, fat 11.4 g, saturated fat 2.7g, fibre 2.3g, salt 0.36 g
Recipe from olive magazine, April 2007.
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Difficulty and servings
Serves 6
Preparation and cooking times
Ready in 30 mins
Vegetarian
Ingredients
- 50g Parmesan (or vegetarian alternative), grated
- 150g watercress , woody stems removed
- 2 handfuls of leaves: radicchio or red chicory
- 1 bunch asparagus , blanched for 2-3 minutes
- 2 oranges , segmented over a bowl to collect the juice
- 12 pitted black olives
FOR THE DRESSING
- 1 tbsp sherry vinegar
- 2 tbsp orange juice
- 1 tsp Dijon mustard
- 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp sugar
Per serving
151 kcalories, protein 5.6g, carbohydrate 7g, fat 11.4 g, saturated fat 2.7g, fibre 2.3g, salt 0.36 g
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