Saturday, August 09, 2008

YET ANOTHER SALAD!


It's been at least 43 C here again today, but about half an hour ago, I looked out and saw some sweet, wonderful rain! It was hardly enough to wet the rooftops but it has cleared the air for now and I couldn't resist dancing a little "rain jig" on the balcony!

In such weather, I am always on the lookout for new salad ideas and yesterday this chicken and courgette inspiration came to me: it is really an adapation of the chicken and artichoke salad recipe I posted here, but I think it works just as well, if not better:

Use 1 chicken escalope per person and marinate these for at least 2 hours in some balsamic vinegar. Griddle the escalopes. Let these cool, season them with black pepper and sprinkle some lemon juice over. Meanwhile make a dressing from about 4 tablesp olive oil, 1 tablesp balsamic vinegar, 1 tablesp flavoured honey, some dried oregano and the juice of half a lemon. Chill this. Now, here we can get jars of grilled courgettes which have been preserved in olive oil and wine vinegar. Hopefully you can obtain this ingredient, too, and if so, drain the courgettes and sprinkle lemon juice over these, as well. After a couple of hours, cut the chicken into pieces, place in a serving bowl, add the courgettes and dressing and mix well. This tastes good immediately and even better after 24 hours in the fridge!

14 comments:

Sean Jeating said...

Great recipe just in time, Lady Limoncello. :)
We have lots of courgettes this year.

CherryPie said...

Mmm! sounds delicious :-)

fake consultant said...

you could toss a bit of anise seed in there and make a good thing even better.

Liz Hinds said...

I could pack up some rain and send it to you if you like!

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Thank you, Sean. Buon appetito! Thanks, cherrypie. Excellent idea, FC - I will try it next time. Oh, please do, Liz!

Anne in Oxfordshire said...

Well for once WL I am unsure..I like the idea, but as for preserved grilled courgettes not sure. Like grilled courgettes but not soggy ones!!!

jmb said...

More yumminess from your part of the world, Welshcakes although I can take courgettes or leave them. I'm sure if I ate this dish I would love it.

Unknown said...

Hey Welshcakes, Makes the boring salad I ate for lunch look pretty ordinary, so jealous of your heat, it's freezing here xo

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Hi, Anne. They aren't soggy! Come over and have some, jmb! Hi, Kyles. We could really do with some cool here!

Anne in Oxfordshire said...

Sorry WL I just assumed that if they have been preserved they would be quite soft..:-)

Gledwood said...

yum!

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

No prob, Anne. Thanks, Gleds.

Maria said...

I don't know what a courgrette is? Spelling I know is horribly wrong.. so sorry!

M

Welshcakes Limoncello said...

Ciao, M. No worries. Courgettes are zucchini x

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