A match made in heaven – avocado and ruby grapefruit
January 23, 2012
Avocados are really starting to peak and are amazing with ruby grapefruit. This week’s salad is a cinch to make, looks gorgeous on the plate and tastes fab to boot….
A rocket salad with grapefruit and avocado
You’ll need:
A perfectly ripe avocado
1 ruby grapefruit
80gr rocket
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Maldon salt
Wash and dry rocket removing any stalky bits if necessary. With a sharp knife peel the grapefruit removing as much pith as possible. Cut into segments then slice each segment into two or three. Cut the avocado in half and remove the stone. Peel each half then cut into small bite-size chunks.
Toss the avocado and grapefruit with the rocket then dress with 3 parts olive oil to 1 part balsamic vinegar with a tiny pinch salt.
This is heaven with some grilled fish or with a cous cous and chickpea salad.
In case you’re wondering………
The gnarly thing in your bag is celeriac and it makes great soup, gratins, is lovely roasted and is pretty amazing in a stew with chorizo. The choice is yours.
There are 2 kinds of greens in this week’s bag – rocket and cima di rapa (the leaves with some yellow flowers attached). These are actually turnip tops and can be tossed on the pan with garlic for a simple but very tasty side or served with pinenuts and chorizo as a very moreish salad.
Have a great week,
Sarah
January 24, 2012 at 11:32 am
A friend of mine makes a great coucous salad with tiny pieces of grapefruit through must get the recipe from her
January 24, 2012 at 10:53 pm
Got recipe really simple. She said from L’Ecrivain cookbook which is not simple – couscous chopped pink grapefruit and juice and coriander.
Am sure avocado would work too
January 25, 2012 at 9:07 pm
That’s got to be good and yes I reckon avocado would work in there. Thanks x