Watercress And Avocado Salad

Total Time: 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 avocados
• 2 oranges
• 1 bunch asparagus
• 1 bunch watercress
• 2 green onions
• 1/4 cup dill leaves, roughly chopped
• 1/4 cup toasted pistachios
• 3 teaspoons ginger, grated
• 2 bulbs shallots, finely diced
• 2 tablespoons mustard seed oil (optional)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 teaspoons sugar (optional)
• 1/4 cup orange juice

Recipe

• 1 salad:.
• 2 peel and segment oranges. keep juice for dressing.
• 3 trim and peel asparagus. blanche for 1 minute in boiling water and then place in cold water. cut into thin discs.
• 4 remove watercress stems, wash and (spin) dry.
• 5 cut onion on the bias, (or dice).
• 6 toast pistachios in oven or frying pan (with no oil) until they swell a tiny bit and brown. roughly chop the pistachios.
• 7 cut avocado and toss salad together. season with salt and pepper.
• 8 dressing:.
• 9 the sugar and mustard seed oil can be optional.
• 10 whisk together and set aside while making salad. strain just before using and pour over salad just before serving.
• 11 toss salad gently before serving.