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Prep Time: 15 Minutes Cook Time: 15 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 1 |
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From the *Tomato Cookbook* of the Australian Womens Weekly cookbook series comes this salad full of flavor, texture & color. While the recipe uses fresh peaches & that would clearly be best when in season, IMO it still works well w/canned peaches because it is just plain good either way. It can also be expanded by adding shrimp or chicken. You just really cannot go wrong w/this recipe. *Enjoy* ! Ingredients:
1/4 cup lemon juice |
1/3 cup olive oil |
3 teaspoons white wine vinegar |
1 teaspoon ground cumin |
1 garlic clove (crushed) |
3 teaspoons sugar |
2 pita pockets |
1 tablespoon olive oil |
1 cucumber (large size) |
1 red onion (medium size) |
4 fresh peaches (medium size) |
6 roma tomatoes |
2 tablespoons fresh mint (chopped) |
2 tablespoons fresh coriander (chopped) |
Directions:
1. FOR DRESSING: Combine dressing ingredients in a jar, shake well & set aside.
2. FOR SALAD: Preheat oven to 400°F.
3. Split pita pockets & lightly brush both sides of ea piece w/olive oil. Place on an oven tray or baking sheet & toast till crisp (about 15 min). Set aside to cool.
4. Cut unpeeled cucumber in half lengthways, scoop out seeds, slice thinly & set aside in a lrg bowl. Cut onion in half & ea half into 6 wedges. Break pieces apart & add to sliced cucumber.
5. Cut a shallow cross in base of ea peach & drop peaches into lrg pan of boiling water. Drain & rinse under cold water. Cut peaches in half, twist to remove stones & peel.
6. Cut peaches & tomatoes into wedges & add to cucumber-onion mixture w/the chopped fresh mint & coriander.
7. Break crisped pita pocket bread into pieces just b4 serving. Add to other ingredients, shake dressing again & drizzle over salad per taste preferences. Serve immediately.
8. NOTES: The dressing & pita pockets can be prepared a dy ahead. If the peaches you use halve easily to remove the stones & peel, you may opt to skip blanching the peaches.
9. DRESSING IF USING CANNED PEACHES: Drain peaches well & reserve 2 tbsp of peach nectar. Use 2 tbsp lemon juice + 2 tbsp peach nectar + vinegar, cumin & garlic as stated for dressing. Bottom line is skip the added sugar. :-).
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