PALM HEART SALAD
Recipe by Virginia Burke, Walkerswood Caribbean Foods
(Excerpted from Walkerswood Caribbean Kitchen and Eat Caribbean cookbooks)
Walkerswood Caribbean Foods - www.walkerswood.com
Valentine's Day Recipes
Preparation time: 30 minutes
Serves 6.
Ingredients
• 100g can palm hearts, drained and sliced crossways
• 2 ripe mangoes, peeled and thinly sliced
• 2 ripe avocados (or 1 large), peeled, stoned and thinly sliced
• ½ cucumber, peeled and thinly sliced
• ½ scotch bonnet or other hot chili pepper, de-seeded and finely chopped
• ½ lime or lemon (to be squeezed over to prevent avocado from discoloring)
For the dressing
• ½ lime or lemon, juiced
• 1 tsp grainy mustard
• 1 tbsp white wine vinegar
• 1 tsp sugar
• 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Directions
To make the dressing, mix the first four ingredients and then drizzle olive oil in slowly while stirring constantly.
Season to taste.
Assemble all the salad ingredients in a bowl and serve the dressing on the side.
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