Pauline Cox’s Roquefort, rocket and pink grapefruit salad

Fresh and flavourful, this salad makes a perfect summer supper.

Pauline Cox’s Roquefort, rocket and pink grapefruit salad

SERVES

12

PEOPLE

PREP TIME

10

MINUTES

Ingredients

  • 90g rocket

  • 100g Roquefort (ideally raw), cut into chunks

  • 1 ripe avocado, peeled, stoned and sliced

  • 2 pink grapefruits, segmented

  • A drizzle of raspberry blush vinaigrette

  • A handful of chopped fresh coriander

  • A handful of pecans, chopped

  • A handful of sunflower seeds

  • For the vinaigrette:

  • 100g raspberries (10-12 juicy raspberries)

  • 60ml extra virgin olive oil

  • Juice of 1 lime

  • 20ml balsamic vinegar

  • 20ml beet kvass (optional, but ideal)

  • 1tsp salt (ideally beetroot salt)

Method

  1. To make the vinaigrette, add all of the ingredients to a blender and combine. Transfer to a clean glass jar with a lid, keep in the fridge and use within three days.

  2. Lay the rocket leaves onto two plates, adding chunks of Roquefort, slices of avocado and pink grapefruit segments, and drizzle over the raspberry blush vinaigrette.

  3. Sprinkle over the chopped coriander, pecans and sunflower seeds.

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