Tomato, rocket and labneh salad
In a week of excessive fooding--with more gluttony to come--a fresh pick-me-up salad does wonders for the digestive system.
Toss together a handful of wild rocket, juicy chunks of vine-ripened tomato and a couple of squeaky green basil leaves. Crumble over some smooth creamy labneh, then slosh the lot with extra virgin olive oil, a squeeze of lemon, salt flakes and a generous twist of freshly cracked pepper.
Served with thick toasted sourdough or a crusty French baguette with lots and lots of health-giving butter.
posted by Helen (AugustusGloop) on 10/05/2006 11:56:00 pm
4 Comments:
At 10/06/2006 9:03 am,
Veruca Salt said…
Looks good for green stuff. haven't tried the cheese before but it looks good too.
At 10/06/2006 9:44 am,
tytty said…
hi helen,
according to the link, labneh has a "paste texture". honestly, that doesn't sound too appealing. but im sure it taste good. how would you describe it?
At 10/06/2006 5:06 pm,
lobstersquad said…
I love being reminded by the sydney blogs what spring was like. I´m in full stew mode, and this looks so fresh and light. beautiful
At 10/07/2006 6:38 pm,
Helen (AugustusGloop) said…
Hi Veruca Salt - I got it in a huge bucket from a Lebanese grocery shop. It's rather tasty.
Hi tytty - It has the texture of goats cheese without the goatiness :) It has a pleasant creamy sharpness to it which goes really well with rocket.
It must be rather low in fat as it doesn't melt. I've tried :)
Hi lobstersquad - Yeah don't you love the innanets? We're pretty lucky in Sydney though, our winter is more like a mild autumn by Northern Hemisphere standards!
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