Warm Irish Garden Salad with Bacon, Mango and Chilli Dressing.

Ingredients:

- 4 slices Quality Assured dry cured bacon
- 12 green beans
- 1-2 carrots, grated
- 4 tomatoes, sliced
- 2 apples, diced
- 2 beetroot, boiled and sliced
- 2 cloves of garlic or garlic chives
- 25ml Donegal Rapeseed Oil
- Bunch of basil leaves
- Freshly ground black pepper

Dressing:

- 1 small mango, pureed
- 1 tbsp of Irish honey
- 1 tbsp of Donegal Rapeseed Oil infused with Lemon
- 1 tbsp of Donegal Rapeseed Oil infused with Chilli
- Twist of fresh black pepper
- 90ml of Donegal Rapeseed Oil

Instructions

Dressing:

1: Puree the mango in a blender with Honey, Donegal Rapeseed Oil infused with Lemon and infused with Chilli. Pour into a bowl and season with a twist of black pepper.

2: Slowly add Donegal Rapeseed Oil Classic while whisking all the time.

 

Bacon:

1: Pan fry and slice when cooked.

 

Salad:

1: Blanch the green beans for 2 minutes in boiling water. Refresh in cold water.

2: Heat a pan, add the oil and sweat the garlic and onion.

3: Add the grated carrot and diced apple to warm slightly.

4: Add the sliced tomatoes and beetroot.

5: Add the green beans, cooked diced bacon and some of the dressing.

6: Season with pepper.

7: Serve it up with fresh basil leaves and drizzle with the remainder of the dressing.

Top Tip

Dressing will keep in the fridge for up to 8 weeks. Try brushing it on to chicken or pork prior to cooking.

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Rhonda Laird

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