Saturday, December 4, 2010

Prosciutto, Green Bean and Roasted Tomato Salad

This salad is a great one for those BBQs when you are asked to bring something. It looks very impressive, tastes great and the best bit is you can have it ready in 20 minutes.
  • 4 cups of rocket/baby spinach 
  • 1 cup of green beans, cut into 1 inch pieces
  • 50g of proscuitto slices
  • 1 cup of mini-roma tomato or grape tomato (you can also do this with 4 regular romas), cut in halves
  • 1/4 cup of shaved parmesan
  • 1/4 cup of shredded basil
  • 1 tbsp of olive oil
  • 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar
  • salt and pepper
  1. Preheat oven to 200C.
  2. On trays lined with baking paper place the prosciutto slices and the tomatoes (cut side face up). Season the tomatoes and drizzle with a little olive oil. Put in the oven for 10-15 minutes until the tomatoes are cooked and the prosciutto is crispy. Crumble the prosciutto up into little pieces.
  3. Blanch the green beans in boiling water for five minutes. Drain and place in a bowl with some iced water. Drain after five minutes.
  4. Mix the remaining olive oil and vinegar to taste.
  5. Layer the ingredients in a large flat bowl. Begin with the salad greens followed by the beans, tomatoes, parmesan and prosciutto. Drizzle with dressing.

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