Warm salad of griddled courgettes, fennel, goat’s cheese and bacon

Name: Warm salad of griddled courgettes, fennel, goat’s cheese and bacon
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 3 large courgettes, sliced into long strips (or use a vegetable peeler); 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tbsp fennel seeds; 150g streaky bacon, chopped; 1 large fennel bulb, finely sliced; 200g soft goat’s cheese, crumbled; Juice of ½ lemon; 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Easy
May 2009

Serves 4
Hands on time 15 mins, plus 10 mins cooking time

This attractive summer salad recipe is low in calories and ready in under half an hour.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories: 412kcals
Fat: 36.6g (14.1g saturated)
Protein: 19.4g
Carbohydrates: 3.3g (3g sugars)
Salt: 2g

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Ingredients

3 large courgettes, sliced into long strips (or use a vegetable peeler)
2 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp fennel seeds
150g streaky bacon, chopped
1 large fennel bulb, finely sliced
200g soft goat’s cheese, crumbled
Juice of ½ lemon
3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

Method

Toss the courgettes in a bowl with the olive oil and fennel seeds and leave for 10 minutes. Heat a griddle pan and cook the courgettes for a few minutes each side until tender.
Meanwhile, in a frying pan, dry-fry the bacon until crispy, then drain on kitchen paper. Place the fennel in a large bowl and mix with the warm courgettes, bacon and goat’s cheese.
Mix the lemon juice with the extra-virgin olive oil, season and drizzle over the salad. Serve the salad with crusty fresh bread.

Warm salad of griddled courgettes, fennel, goat’s cheese and bacon

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