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Pickled cherry, gorgonzola and rocket salad

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Pickled cherry, gorgonzola and rocket salad

Name: Pickled cherry, gorgonzola and rocket salad
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 150ml rice vinegar; 40g caster sugar; 2 fresh bay leaves; 200g cherries pitted; 4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 tsp cherry jam; 2 tsp wholegrain mustard; 100g rocket; 1 red radicchio or chicory torn; ½ a small bulb fennel finely sliced; 100g gorgonzola cut into wedges

Anna Glover

Published: June 30, 2021 at 10:26 AM

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Serves 4

Easy

Total time: 20 mins

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Pickling cherries is a great way to savour this summer fruit right through to autumn. This salad makes the most of that tangy, pickled flavour and even uses the pickling liquid in its dressing

Gluten free

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Ingredients

Nutrition

150ml rice vinegar
40g caster sugar
2 fresh bay leaves
200g cherries

pitted
4 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 tsp cherry jam
2 tsp wholegrain mustard
100g rocket
1 red radicchio or chicory

torn
½ a small bulb fennel

finely sliced
100g gorgonzola

cut into wedges

Nutrition: per serving

kcal251

low
fat18.5g
saturates6.4g
carbs12.5g
sugars9.2g
fibre2.5g
protein7.3g
salt0.8g

Method

step 1

Put the vinegar in a pan with 100ml of water, the sugar, bay leaves and 1 tsp salt. Bring to a simmer. Tip the cherries into a recently sterilised 500g jar. While the jar is still hot, pour in the hot vinegar mixture. Seal and leave to pickle in a cool, dark place for a week before opening. The cherries will keep in the fridge for two months once opened.
step 2

To make the dressing, put 2 tbsp of the pickling vinegar from the jar into a medium bowl and whisk in the olive oil, jam, mustard and some salt and pepper until emulsified. Taste and add a dash more vinegar, mustard or olive oil to taste. Add the rocket, radicchio and fennel, and toss to coat in the dressing. Tip onto a large serving platter or plates, and top with a few spoonfuls of the drained pickled cherries, the gorgonzola and a drizzle of the remaining dressing.

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