Fig, goat’s cheese and pistachio salad
This recipe for fig, goat’s cheese and pistachio salad is really quick and easy to make but packs in lots of great flavours. This is ideal for a dinner party or, as it's under 300 calories, you could have it as a lighter lunch.
- olive oil
- 1 shallotfinely chopped
- 1 stalk celeryfinely sliced
- 50g pistachiosroughly chopped
- 8 figs
- 150g soft goat’s cheese
- finely chopped to make 1 tsp thyme leaves
- 1-2 tbsp clear flower honey
- to serve salad leaves
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal277
- fat16.4g
- saturates7.6g
- carbs19.6g
- fibre3.8g
- protein11g
- salt0.6g
Method
step 1
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Heat a little olive oil in a pan, add the shallot and celery, and fry for 4-5 minutes until they begin to soften. Add most of the pistachios and keep frying for about 2 minutes, then season well and cool in a bowl. Trim the tops off the figs and cut them in quarters leaving the bases intact.
step 2
Mix the pistachio and shallots with the cheese and press it into the centre of the figs. Stand them up in a baking dish and sprinkle on the remaining pistachios and the thyme. Bake for 5 minutes, then drizzle on the honey. Serve with some salad leaves dressed in olive oil.