Serves 6-Jan


The Heritage Salad

  • Prep Time 10 Minutes
  • Cooking Time 50 Minutes
  • Method Direct

Ingredients

  • 1 medium-sized butternut, cut into thin wedges (leave skin and seeds intact)
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml) olive oil
  • freshly ground salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml) coriander seeds
  • 100 g chevin log (goats cheese)
  • 100 g thinly sliced beef biltong
  • 8 preserved green figs, halved
  • 1 small red onion, thinly sliced
  • 100 g baby spinach
  • 3 tbsp (45 ml) pumpkin seeds
  • 2 tbsp (30 ml) sunflower seeds
  • 3 tbsp (45 ml) preserved fig syrup
  • 1 tbsp (15 ml) extra virgin olive oil

Nutrition

Instructions

  1. Recipe adapted from: crushmag-online.com
  2. Prepare the braai for direct grilling at 200 °C.
  3. Place the butternut shards onto a vegetable grilling basket, rub with olive oil and season well.
  4. Braai for ± 40 minutes or until tender and charred. Tear into smaller pieces.
  5. Toast the coriander seeds in a dry frying pan over a medium heat.
  6. Once toasted, use a pestle and mortar to crush.
  7. Coat the chevin well with crushed coriander seeds, then slice into bite size pieces.
  8. Arrange the butternut, chevin, biltong, figs, and sliced red onion on a bed of baby spinach.
  9. Sprinkle with the seeds and drizzle with fig syrup and olive oil.
  10. Delicious served with homemade beer bread.