BBQ & Grill
Grilled roots fruits and leaves salad
This is a lovely hearty salad, perfect for cooking outdoors on a barbecue if it’s a nice sunny day.
Ingredients:
- 250g/9oz celeriac, peeled and very thinly sliced
- 2 slightly under-ripe pears, cored and cut into eighths
- 1 large or 2 small heads of radicchio, cut into eighths
- 50g/1�oz skin-on hazelnuts, ideally soaked for a few hours in cold water and roughly crushed
- chervil or parsley leaves, to garnish
- 55g/2oz blackberries or raspberries
- 2 tbsp cold-pressed rapeseed oil
- 2 tsp cider vinegar
- � orange, finely grated zest and juice
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Directions:
- Preheat the barbecue until the flames have died down and the coals are covered in a layer of white ash. (If you wish to cook this inside, you can also use a hot griddle pan.)
- Use tongs to lay the celeriac on the hot grill. Do not move the pieces for a couple of minutes. When they develop some colour, turn and cook on the other side; they should take 5�7 minutes in total. During cooking, add the pear slices (they need 4�6 minutes) and radicchio (needs 3�4 minutes). Alternatively, if your grill is small, cook in batches. When everything is cooked and slightly charred, transfer to a large bowl.
- To make the dressing, put half the berries in a sieve and place over a bowl. Use a spoon to crush the fruit and rub it through the sieve, creating a pool of juice in the bowl. Add the oil, vinegar, orange zest and a squeeze of juice. Add some salt and pepper and whisk together well. Taste and adjust as you like, with a little more vinegar, oil or orange juice.
- Pour the dressing over the grilled celeriac, radicchio and pears. Mix and leave for 2 minutes to infuse. Mix all of the ingredients gently together again.
- Transfer the salad to a serving platter or divide between four plates. Dot the remaining berries and the hazelnuts over the top. Season a little and garnish with chervil.