Fruit Archives - Veggie Table

Ingredients for 4 people:

For the salad:
about 250 g lamb’s lettuce
1 avocado
2 large ripe pears
juice of one lemon
For the vinaigrette:
1 shallot
1 clove of garlic
1 tablespoon flaxseed oil
1 tablespoon safflower oil
1 tablespoon nut oil
1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
1 tablespoon of raspberry vinegar
1 tablespoon of light balsamic vinegar
herb salt
freshly ground black pepper
dill
tarragon
Also needed:
2 tablespoons of pumpkin seeds

Preparation:

1. For the salad, clean, wash and dry the lamb’s lettuce.
2. Halve the avocado, remove the stone and scoop out the flesh.
3. Wash and halve the pears, carefully remove the core and cut into thin slices. Immediately sprinkle with the lemon juice and divide between two plates.
4. For the vinaigrette, peel and finely dice the shallots.
5. Peel the garlic, remove the centre sprout and chop finely.
6. Mix the flax, thistle and nut oils with the apple and raspberry vinegar and the light balsamic vinegar. Add the shallot cubes with the finely chopped garlic and season with herb salt, freshly ground black pepper, dill and tarragon.
7. Before serving, mix the lamb’s lettuce with the avocado pieces with the prepared vinaigrette and divide between the pear slices.
8. Roast the pumpkin seeds in a dry pan and sprinkle over the salad.

My picks:

Roasted hazelnuts or walnuts also go very well with this salad.
Add the vinaigrette to the lamb’s lettuce just before serving.

Product description:

Corn salad, also known as field salad, lamb’s lettuce, rapunzel or arable salad, is freshly harvested in autumn and winter. It is one of the most nutritious types of salad due to its vitamin and mineral content. Corn salad tastes great with nuts such as walnuts, hazelnuts or chestnuts.

Ingredients for a 26 cm Ø pie tin:

For the shortcrust pastry:
200 g wholemeal spelt flour (80 %)
100 g wheat flour
1 egg
½ teaspoon cream of tartar baking powder
80 g whole cane sugar
100 g butter
a pinch of whole sea salt
For the filling:
3 tablespoons ground nuts
500 g plums
2 apples
50 g whole cane sugar
juice of one lemon
For the nut topping:
about 80 g ground nuts
70 g whole cane sugar
about ½ l cream
1 sachet vanilla sugar
1 egg
a little ground vanilla
Also:
a little fat and flour for dusting the baking tin,
possibly whole cane sugar,
ground cinnamon

Preparation:

1. For the shortcrust pastry, knead the spelt and wholemeal wheat flour, egg, cream of tartar baking powder, whole cane sugar, butter and a pinch of whole sea salt into a smooth dough. Wrap in cling film and place in the refrigerator.
2. In the meantime, for the filling, wash, halve, core and slice the plums.
3. Wash, quarter and core the apples, then cut the quarters into thin slices.
4. Wash, halve and juice the lemon, then pour the juice over the fruit.
5. Lightly grease the pie dish and dust with a little flour.
6. Place the dough in the baking tin, create a raised edge and sprinkle with the ground nuts.
7. Arrange the plum and apple slices alternately on the dough base.
8. For the nut topping, mix the ground nuts with the whole cane sugar, cream, vanilla sugar, egg and ground vanilla until smooth and spread evenly over the fruit.
9. Bake the plum and apple cake on the bottom rack of the oven at 180 degrees C for about 25 minutes. Then remove the cake from the oven and allow to cool.
10. Before serving, you can dust the cake with a little whole cane sugar and cinnamon powder.

My suggestion:

Product description:

Plums are in season from July to October. They are blue-violet in colour and can be recognised by a pronounced abdominal seam. The flesh is difficult to separate from the stone. They can be eaten raw or used in a cake or pie. When cooked, plums are ideal for making compote, jam or jelly.

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