Fruit and herb buckwheat salad
- Portion size: Serves 8
- Hands-on time 20 min
- Difficulty: easy
An easy fruit and herb buckwheat salad that can easily be made ahead of time, ready for a summery picnic or gathering.
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Ingredients
- 375g buckwheat
- 1 good quality vegetable stock cube
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp pomegranate molasses
- Grated zest and juice ½ lemon
- 1 preserved lemon, pulp removed and discarded, finely chopped (we used Belazu, from Sainsbury’s and Waitrose)
- 75g golden raisins
- 75g green olives, roughly chopped
- 50g shelled unsalted pistachios, roughly chopped
- Handful fresh mint leaves, chopped
- Small handful fresh dill, chopped
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Method
- Put the buckwheat in a large pan with the stock cube, cover with cold water and cook according to the buckwheat pack instructions. Put in a bowl and allow to cool a little. Stir in the olive oil, pomegranate molasses, lemon zest and juice, and preserved lemon. Season and allow to cool (see Make Ahead).
- Once cool, stir in the remaining ingredients to serve.
Nutrition
- 313kcals Calories
- 10.8g (1.5g saturated) Fat
- 5.7g Protein
- 47.1g (7.9g sugars) Carbs
- 2g Fibre
- 1.1g Salt
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