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Broccoli Pearl Crunch Salad
Recipe video above. This is a meal-worthy salad designed to be eaten with a spoon: finely chopped broccoli tossed with slippery pearl couscous, plumped dried cranberries and a nutty salami fry up with red onion and garlic. The red wine vinaigrette is zesty but not too sour thanks to a smidge of honey, and finishing with parmesan is optional, but not really. :)It's a riot of textures, flavours and colours, and just a great way to use broccoli in a different way. Serve this for lunch with friends, dinner on balmy evenings, or a lazy Sunday lunch with a glass of your favourite white.
👥 4 Servings⏱️ Prep & Cook: 1h 10m⏳ Prep: 25 min🔥 Cook: 15 min👤 Nagi📖 recipetineats
🥘 Ingredients
Check off ingredients as you prepare them:
🍳 Cookware
- ●knife
- ●bowl
- ●saucepan
- ●pan
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Dressing - Shake ingredients in a jar.
2
Chop broccoli into small pieces - think, spoon scoop-able size. I slice wads of florets into ~1/2cm / 0.2" thick slices, spread out on the board then run the knife through, chopping like you would herbs until you have small pieces no bigger than 1.5cm / 0.6" long, suitable for scooping. Try to make the floret stem parts a bit smaller. (Note 1)
3
Marinated tender-crisp broccoli - Measure out 4 cups of broccoli and put in a bowl. Scrape in all the scattered little floret "confetti"! Toss with the vinegar, 1/4 tsp salt and 2 tablespoons of the Dressing. Leave for ⏱️ 30 minutes - softens slightly and takes the raw edge off.
4
Couscous and cranberries - Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil. Cook the couscous for ⏱️ 5 minutes, adding cranberries for last ⏱️ 30 seconds (they plump!). Drain well, then return to saucepan. Toss with 2 tablespoons of Dressing (while hot), then set aside for ⏱️ 10 minutes to cool and absorb flavour.
5
Nutty Salami Fry up - Heat the olive oil over medium high in a large non-stick pan. Add the salami and cook for about 1 1/⏱️ 2 minutes to give them a head start. Then add the almonds and onion, cook for ⏱️ 2 minutes, then add garlic and cook for another ⏱️ 1 minute until the salami is golden (it won't crisp though - Note 7) and the onion is softened. Tip it on top of the broccoli, let cool for ⏱️ 10 minutes.
olive oil1 tspextra virgin olive oil3 tbsp
6
Toss - Add couscous, all the remaining Dressing and toss well. Tumble into a serving bowl, sprinkle with parmesan then serve!
Nutrition Facts
calories
577 kcal
fat Content
29 g
serving Size
1 serving
fiber Content
7 g
sugar Content
19 g
sodium Content
1008 mg
protein Content
19 g
trans Fat Content
0.003 g
cholesterol Content
24 mg
carbohydrate Content
63 g
saturated Fat Content
6 g
unsaturated Fat Content
22 g
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