Salads

SEAFOOD SALAD WITH

RASPBERRY SAUCE

Serves 4-6

500g cocktail seafood

100g salad mix

100g snow pea sprouts

1 orange, peeled and segmented

2 kiwi fruit, peeled and sliced

RASPBERRY SAUCE

125g fresh or frozen raspberries, thawed

2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar

2 tablespoons vegetable oil

1 teaspoon finely chopped fresh mint

1 tablespoon sugar

1.Arrange seafood, salad leaves, sprouts, orange segments and kiwi fruit attractively on a serving platter and chill until required.

2.To make sauce, place raspberries into blender jug, select the Blend function and blend until smooth. Scrape down sides of jug with a plastic spatula if necessary.

3.Push through sieve to remove seeds. Discard the seeds. Combine raspberry puree with vinegar, oil, mint and sugar. Pour sauce over salad and serve immediately.

TIP: Cooked seafood can be a selection of prawns, crabmeat, calamari or lobster tails, cooked and shells removed. Cut lobster tail flesh into thick medallions approximately 1cm thick.

Recipe 7

EGG SALAD WITH FRESH

HERB DRESSING

Serves 4-6

1 bunch rocket leaves, washed and trimmed

6 hard boiled eggs, peeled and quartered

2 Italian tomatoes, quartered

1 avocado, stoned, peeled and cut into slices

16 black olives, pitted

FRESH HERB DRESSING

1 cup / 250ml light sour cream

1 tablespoon lemon juice

2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

1 tablespoon chopped fresh basil leaves

1 tablespoon chopped fresh coriander

2 tablespoons apple juice ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg

Ground black pepper and salt, to taste

1.Arrange rocket leaves, eggs, tomatoes, avocado slices and olives on a serving plater. Chill until required.

2.To make dressing: place sour cream, lemon juice, parsley, basil, coriander, apple juice, nutmeg, pepper and salt into the blender jug, select the Blend function and blend until smooth.

Pour dressing over salad and serve immediately.

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Breville BBL550 manual Salads, Seafood Salad with Raspberry Sauce, EGG Salad with Fresh Herb Dressing
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