Shopping list
100g baby spinach
500g new potatoes
250g green beans
50g baby beetroot
6-8 quails eggs
6 fresh baby figs
60ml olive oil
3 spring onions
1/2 lemon, zest and juice
2 tablespoons mustard
2 tablespoons maple syrup
sea salt & freshly ground black pepper
A tasty salad with in their skins boiled, new potatoes and all kinds of baby vegetables and fruit is a good lunch dish. But it can also be served as an evening meal. Hot or cold, this salad is delicious!
How to make a dalad with figs and quail eggs
The preparation
Scrub the new potatoes clean in warm water.
Boil them in 10-15 minutes al dente.
Wash the green beans in cold water and strip them.
Boil the greenbeans in 15-20 minutes al dente.
Wash the baby-spinach in ice cold water.
Let the spinach drain well.
Arrange the spinach on a platter.
The salad
Arrange the beans on the spinach.
Cut each beetroot into four pieces.
Sprinkle them over the beans.
Add the potatoes to the platter as well.
Boil the quails eggs 2-3 minutes, to taste.
Cut the the eggs and the figs in half and spread them over the salad.
The dressing
Stir olive oil with lemon zest and juice and mustard.
Cut the spring onions into fine rings.
Stir the onion rings into the dressing.
Stir in the maple syrup until all ingredients are well combined.
Transfer the dressing to a pretty bottle.
Serve the salad with the dressing on the side.