Salad with figs and feta
Starters (Main salad or side dish (2 servings))
Ingredients
4 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp lemon juice
2 tbsp honey
1 clove garlic, crushed
150-200 g mixed salad
2 tbsp Chia seed
2 tbsp walnuts, roughly chopped
1 tbsp pine nuts (toasted) or
1 tbsp pumpkin seeds
1 red onion, cut into thin rings
6 dried figs, halved
100 g goat or sheep feta
petals of 1 rose
Preparation
Make the dressing by mixing olive oil, lemon juice, honey and garlic. Set aside.
Arrange the lettuce on a large platter and sprinkle with Chia seed, walnuts, pine nuts or pumpkin seeds, red onion rings and figs. Crumble feta on the salad and sprinkle with rose petals. Serve the dressing separately with the salad.
The salad can be served as a meal salad or as a side dish with fish.
Rose water
The best rose water is the one that has been distilled, but this is not an easy thing to do by yourself.
Jordi Rose Dessert
Remove petals from the roses, and wash them with cold water. Strain the petals, and then dry with a paper towel.
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Heat olive oil in a high pan and cook onion, garlic, ginger and red chilli pepper gently.
Summer rose drink
Mix the tonic and the spring water in a large can. Add to taste some rose syrup or rose water.
Persian rose tea
To dry your own rose petals at home, all you need are freshly picked rose petals, washed and then carefully dried of all remaining water.