Easiest Sexiest Salad in the World
By sadams1001
I love this salad. Apart from being a great combination, it always seems unbelievably effortless, which is the kind of recipe I like. The constant success of this is due to the common-sense marriage of salty Parma ham, milky buffalo mozzarella and sweet figs, which obviously need to be of a good quality. The best figs to use are Italian and the best time to buy them is June to August when they are in season. Greek figs are a good second-best and are in season from September to November. The best figs always seem to be those that are about to split their skins. Use green or black figs - it doesn't really matter.
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Ingredients
- Honey-Lemon Dressing:
- 6 tablespoons extra virgin Olive oil
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon honey
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Salad:
- 4 fresh figs
- 4 thin slice prosciutto
- 4 slices of buffalo mozzarella
- handful of fresh basil leaves
Preparation
Step 1
Dressing:
Mix everything together in a bowl and season to taste.
Salad:
Cut a criss-cross in the top of each fig, but not quite to the bottom. then using thumbs and forefingers, squeeze the base of the fig to expose the inside. Place the figs in a dish, weave around one slice of prosciutto, throw in some slices of buffalo mozzarella, rip over some green or purple basil and drizzle everything with the honey-lemon juice dressing.