Sugar Snap Pea Salad
A salad of sugar snap peas that is almost too pretty to eat – the arrangement with flower petals makes it look stunning.
Ingredients
- 0.5 Radicchio (80 g)
- 0.5 Lollo bionda (100 g)
- 300 g Sugar snap peas
- Salt
- 400 g ripe Papaya (1 piece)
- 8 edible flowers
- 1 red chili pepper
- 1 Lime
- 1 tbsp Maple Syrup
- 2 tbsp olive oil (20 ml)
- 1 tbsp roasted cashew nuts
Instructions
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1.
Separate Radicchio and Lollo bionda into individual leaves, wash and spin dry. Trim the leaves and tear them into bite‑sized pieces.
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2.
Wash the sugar snap peas, trim, and blanch in a pot of boiling salted water over medium heat for 2–3 minutes.
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3.
Drain the peas, shock them in ice water, let drain in a sieve, then cut them crosswise in half.
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4.
Cut the papaya lengthwise, remove seeds with a teaspoon, peel, and slice the flesh into about 5 mm thick strips.
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5.
Shake the flowers well, pluck the petals, wash, and dry by shaking again.
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6.
Combine Radicchio, Lollo bionda, sugar snap peas, and papaya strips in a salad bowl.
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7.
Wash the chili pepper, halve it, remove seeds, and finely dice.
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8.
Squeeze the lime, measure 2 tbsp of juice, and whisk with the chili in a small bowl. Add salt, maple syrup, and olive oil and mix.
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9.
Stir the dressing into the salad. Roughly chop cashew nuts with a large knife, sprinkle over the sugar snap pea salad, and serve.