Spanish Recipe – Courgette Salad with Citrus Chilli Dressing

This week’s Courgette salad recipe goes out with a dedication. It is for Sue Sharpe from Extremadura, who apparently has a glut of courgettes, and doesn’t know what to do with them all. Here you go Sue – let us know how you get on.

Serves 4 as a side salad – great for a barbecue!

Ingredients

• a couple of large courgettes
• I couple of diced tomatoes

For the dressing

• Juice and grated rind of 2 large oranges
• 2 garlic cloves, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon of minced fresh ginger (ginger paste works well for this)
• 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
• Half a dozen mint leaves, finely chopped
• 1 fresh red chilli – finely chopped (use seeds too if you like the heat)
• A teaspoon of runny honey

Method

• Mix all the dressing ingredients together. I find that popping it all into a jam jar and shaking well does the trick
• The courgettes can be done in advance and drained in a colander with a bit of salt if you like – but if you make it to eat immediately, you can skip that step.
• Use a vegetable peeler to slice the courgettes lengthways.
• Pour the dressing over the courgettes and toss gently.
• Throw in the diced tomatoes
• Mix gently.
• Serve and enjoy!

Of course this recipe isn’t just for Sue… you can have a go too. Let us know how you get on.

Elle Draper

Elle, along with Alan, is the owner of Spain Buddy and the busy web design business – Spain Web Design by Gandy-Draper.
Born a “Norverner”, she then spent most of her life “Dann Saff” before moving to Spain in 2006. Elle’s loves are Alan, the internet, dogs, good food, and dry white wine – although not necessarily in that order.