PEA & BURRATA SALAD WITH PRESERVED LEMON SALSA

Pea & burrata salad with preserved lemon salsa image

Add burrata to our pea and broad bean salad to introduce a delicate, soft and buttery element to the plate. A lemon dressing really cuts through the richness

Provided by Rosie Birkett

Time 35m

Yield Serves 4 as a starter or light lunch

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

200g broad beans (shelled weight)
200g peas (shelled weight)
1 mint sprig
2 spring onions , white and green parts separated and both finely sliced
2 balls burrata
handful fresh pea shoots
6 tbsp olive oil
1 lemon , zested and juiced
1 preserved lemon , finely chopped
10 sugar snap or mangetout, finely sliced
1 red chilli , deseeded and finely chopped
small bunch mint , leaves picked and finely sliced and some small ones left whole to serve

Steps:

Bring a large pan of salted water to the boil. Cook the broad beans for 2-3 mins, then drain and plunge immediately into a bowl of ice cold water. Once cool, use your nail to pierce the skin, then squeeze the bright green beans out of their shells into a bowl.
Bring another pan of water to the boil and cook the peas with the mint sprig for a couple of mins, then drain and mix with the beans. Stir through the spring onion whites, season to taste and set aside. Tip the peas and beans onto a serving platter and top with the whole burrata balls.
To make the salsa, whisk together the olive oil, lemon zest and juice, preserved lemon and a good pinch of salt and pepper until well emulsified. Stir through the sugar snaps or mangetout, spring onion greens, chilli and sliced mint, then spoon over the burrata.
Scatter over the pea shoots and garnish with the extra mint leaves. Put in the centre of the table and let everyone help themselves - the burrata will dress the peas with its creaminess and the dressing will cut through the richness.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 501 calories, Fat 37 grams fat, SaturatedFat 15 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 14 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 3 grams sugar, Fiber 9 grams fiber, Protein 23 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium