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Pear, Prawns and bocconcini Salad




Source of Recipe


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Recipe Introduction


serves 4
prep time 15 minutes
cooking time 3 minutes (beans)





List of Ingredients



• 200g firm red or green pear cored
  
• 100g mixed lettuce leaves
  
• 20 medium cooked king prawns, peeled and deveined
  
• 12 green beans, trimmed and cut into 4cm
  
• 20g bocconcini, sliced (little round cheeses)
  
• 1 cup sourdough croutons
  
• 1 tightly packed cup parsley
  
• 30g pickled gherkins roughly chopped
  
• 30g capers
  
• 1 clove chopped garlic
  
• 1 tps olive oil
  
• 2-3 tbs lemon juice
  
• ground black pepper to taste
  






Instructions



1. Blanch beans and then chill so not soggy (Do this by immersing them in boiling, salted water for a short time (maybe 2 minutes) then into iced water)
   
2. Slice peras finely.
   
3. On each plate layer equal amounts of leaves, pear slices, prawns, beans and bocconcini.
   
4. alternatively place all ingredients in large bowl and toss with salsa verde.
   
5. Make salsa verde by placing partsley, gherkins, capers and garlic in a food proccessor and processing for 30 seconds, then add in oil, juice, pepper and work until smooth and runny.
   
6. Drizzle over the salad ingredients or serve in a small jug for people to drizzle themselves.
   
7. Top with croutons last
   






Final Comments


a lot going on on each plate in this one