Pearled spelt salad with peas & gooseberries
Pearled spelt salad with peas & gooseberries might be a good recipe to expand your side dish recipe box. Watching your figure? This dairy free, lacto ovo vegetarian, and vegan recipe has 208 calories, 6g of protein, and 8g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 17% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 2. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 40 minutes. Head to the store and pick up onion, rapeseed oil, fennel bulb, and a few other things to make it today.
Instructions
Put the onion, celery and carrot in a pan with 200ml water. Bring to the boil, then simmer for 15 mins.
Add the spelt to the pan, cover and continue to simmer for 10 mins.
Add the sliced fennel and pea pods, and cook for a further 10 mins. Check that the spelt is cooked it should be soft but slightly al dente.
Add a generous pinch of salt to the water, then strain.
Put the spelt and poached vegetables in the fridge to cool for 1 hr.
To serve, put the salad leaves on a plate, then spoon the spelt and vegetables on top. Dress the plate with the tomatoes, gooseberries, pea pods and fennel fronds. Finally, drizzle with a little rapeseed oil.
Recommended wine: Chardonnay, Gruener Veltliner, Sauvignon Blanc
Salad works really well with Chardonnay, Gruener Veltliner, and Sauvignon Blanc. Sauvignon Blanc and Gruner Veltliner both have herby notes that complement salads with enough acid to match tart vinaigrettes, while a Chardonnay can be a good pick for creamy salad dressings. You could try Lapis Luna Chardonnay. Reviewers quite like it with a 4.7 out of 5 star rating and a price of about 13 dollars per bottle.
Lapis Luna Chardonnay
Orange zest, ripe pineapple, toast, and vanilla on the nose. Full-bodied, fresh and lively, with lush white peach and ripe apple flavors leading to a savory buttered finish.