Starters & Light meals

Tuna aioli salad

Name: Tuna aioli salad
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: PTM
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Starters & Light meals
Ingredients: bulb fennel, shaved 1,Granny Smith apples, shaved 2,beetroot, peeled and shaved 3,radishes, shaved 6,heads Woolworths Crunchita lettuce 2,bulb celeriac, cut into matchsticks 1⁄2,freshly ground black pepper, to taste ,For the tonnato aïoli, blend: ,can tuna in brine, drained 1 x 170 g,mayonnaise 1⁄2 cup,lemon juice 2 T,lemon zest 1⁄2 t,olive oil 1⁄4 cup,anchovies 2

By Abigail Donnelly

Serves 6

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 20 minutes

“For this take on a tuna salad, I blend the tuna into a creamy dressing (bonus: – this makes a can of tuna go far).” – Abigail Donnely

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Ingredients

Method

1 bulb fennel, shaved
2 Granny Smith apples, shaved
3 beetroot, peeled and shaved
6 radishes, shaved
2 heads Woolworths Crunchita lettuce
1⁄2 bulb celeriac, cut into matchsticks
freshly ground black pepper, to taste

For the tonnato aïoli, blend:

1 x 170 g can tuna in brine, drained
1⁄2 cup mayonnaise
2 T lemon juice
1⁄2 t lemon zest
1⁄4 cup olive oil
2 anchovies

Method

Ingredients

Layer the vegetables on a platter or individual plates. Drizzle with the aïoli and season with black pepper.

Cook's note: The dressing goes well with any combo of raw vegetables and is perfect served with garlic bread and grilled chicken.

Find more salad recipes here.

Photographs: Jan Ras
Food assistants: Nicola Naude and Marizen Smit

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Recipe by: Abigail Donnelly

Nothing excites Woolworths TASTE's Food Director quite as much as the challenge of dreaming up recipes with innovative new foods – or the thrill of creating deliciousness on a plate with the humblest of ingredients. With Abi by your side, you’ll be a cooking expert in no time at all.

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