Salad of Green Peas, Broad Beans, Feta, Chilli and Mint with Tzatziki Dressing

11:30 am on 22 April 2013
Salad of Green Peas, Broad Beans, Feta, Chilli and Mint with Tzatziki Dressing

Photo: Delicious

Ingredients

Salad

  • 500g baby green peas
  • 500g broad beans
  • 100g firm feta cheese
  • 1-2 red chillis
  • handful coarsely chopped mint leaves
  • extra virgin olive oil

Tzatziki Dressing

  • ½ telegraph cucumber, deseeded cut in fine diced
  • 1 cup greek yoghurt
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • a handful coarsely chopped mint leaves
  • freshly ground black pepper and sea salt to taste

Method

Salad

Quickly blanch peas, pour boiling water over broad beans and slip out of their leathery jackets to reveal a luminous green bean. Combine with finely chopped red chilli, sliced feta and mint. Drizzle generously with extra virgin olive oil, and season.

Sauce

Combine all ingredients together and season well with freshly ground black pepper and sea salt.

 

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