The Australian Women's Weekly

Maggie's Spring flavours

Take this salad to another level with goat's curd, ricotta or quark, and with a last flourish of extra virgin olive oil.
– Maggie

Broad bean & radicchio salad with preserved lemon dressing

SERVES 4-6 PREP + COOK TIME 25 MINUTES

400g fresh podded broad beans
1 small radicchio lettuce
1 butter crunch lettuce
½ cup young celery leaves, chopped coarsely
½ cup fresh flat-leaf parsley, chopped
coarsely 200g very fresh ricotta
⅓ cup (25g) flaked almonds, toasted
PRESERVED LEMON DRESSING
¼ cup (60ml) extra virgin olive oil
2 tablespoons verjuice
¼ cup (60ml) buttermilk
2 tablespoons finely chopped
preserved lemon

1 Boil the beans in a pan of boiling salted water for 3 minutes, then drain and pinch the skins off any larger beans.

Remove the leaves from the radicchio and

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