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Freekeh and artichoke salad with golden onions, sultanas and herb labneh

• Janine Ratcliffe

Published: January 19, 2015 at 9:03 AM

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Serves 6

Easy

Total time: 40 mins

+ overnight straining

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Freekeh is a roasted green wheat grain that has three times the fibre of brown rice and scores low on the GI scale. Here it is added to a healthy vegetarian salad with artichokes and homemade labneh

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Ingredients

Nutrition

• 200g freekeh

• (we used Waitrose Orange River Sultanas) 50g large sultanas

• 2 large onions

  halved and sliced

• olive oil

• 3 tbsp sherry vinegar

• 1 tsp caster sugar

• 2 tsp cumin seeds

  toasted

• 280g jar good quality artichokes hearts in olive oil

  drained

• ½ a small bunch dill

  chopped

HERB LABNEH

• 200g full-fat Greek yoghurt
• finely chopped to make 2 tbsp dill
• finely chopped to make 2 tbsp parsley

Nutrition: per serving

• kcal288
• fat11g
• saturates3.2g
• carbs37.2g
• fibre3.8g
• protein8g
• salt1.1g

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Method

• step 1

  To make the labneh, stir a good pinch of salt into the yoghurt then tip into sieve lined with a muslin or clean J-cloth. Put the sieve over a bowl, then cover with clingfilm and chill overnight. Next day, tip the contents of the sieve into a dish and make a few swirls on the surface. Mix the herbs with some olive oil and pour over.

• step 2

  Cook the freekeh in boiling salted water until tender, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, put the sultanas in a bowl and pour boiling water over to cover.

• step 3

  Cook the onions in olive oil in a large frying pan until really caramelised and golden. (This can take 20-30 minutes, so be patient.) Drain the sultanas. Take a third of the onion out of the frying pan, then add the vinegar, sugar, cumin, drained sultanas and another 2 tbsp olive oil to the pan. Stir thoroughly, then take off the heat and season.

• step 4

  Drain the freekeh well, then tip into a bowl. Add the onion and sultana mix and all the liquid from the pan. Toss everything together.

• step 5

  Pile the freekeh onto a serving plate. Add the artichokes and dill, then toss gently through the freekeh. Dollop over teaspoonfuls of the labneh, then scatter over the reserved onions and a few more herbs, if you like.

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Janine RatcliffeFood director

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