Plum & tomato salad with furikake
Furikake is a Japanese seasoning blend made with nori seaweed, and is a great salty-spicy topping for sweet plums and tomatoes. Serve as a side to oily fish such as mackerel. This no-cook seasonal salad is quick and easy, taking just 15 minutes to prepare, plus it's vegetarian and vegan, providing 2 of your 5 a day.
- Serves4
- CourseSide
- Prepare15 mins
- Cook-
- Total time15 mins
Ingredients
- 2 x 250g packs mixed baby tomatoes, halved lengthways
- 400g pack plums, stoned and cut into wedges
- 2 salad onions, finely sliced
- ¼ x 20g pack tarragon, leaves picked
Furikake
- 1 sheet nori seaweed, roughly torn
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds (white and/or black)
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- 1 tsp sea salt flakes
Dressing
- 1½ tbsp rice vinegar
- 1½ tsp tamari (or soy sauce)
- 1½ tsp mirin
- 1½ tbsp sunflower oil
- 10g ginger, peeled and finely grated
- ¼ tsp sea salt flakes
Method
For the furikake, put the nori sheet in a small food processor and whizz to form a coarse powder. Tip into a bowl and mix with the remaining furikake ingredients; set aside.
In a large serving bowl, whisk together all the ingredients for the dressing. When ready to serve, put the tomatoes, plums, salad onions and tarragon in a large bowl. Pour over the dressing, mix to combine, then transfer to a platter. Sprinkle over the furikake and serve.
Nutritional
Typical values per serving when made using specific products in recipe
Energy | 826kJ/ 198kcals |
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Fat | 11g |
Saturated Fat | 1.6g |
Carbohydrates | 16g |
Sugars | 15g |
Fibre | 4.7g |
Protein | 4g |
Salt | 1.8g |