Avocado & Radish Feta Salsa Salad with Polenta Shards
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 30 mins
Crunchy radishes, juicy cucumber and creamy avocado are mixed up with a riot of seasonal tomatoes, crunchy polenta crisps and crumbles of tangy feta for a flavour sensation of a salad.
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485 kcal
(per portion)
Ingredients you'll need
  • 75g polenta
  • 1 red onion
  • 1 lime
  • 250g cherry tomatoes
  • A bunch of radishes
  • 1 short cucumber
  • ½ x 200g feta
  • 1 avocado
From your kitchen
  • 300ml boiling water
  • Sea salt
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Freshly ground pepper
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Preheat your oven to 200°C/Fan 180°C/Gas 4. Line a baking try with baking paper. Place a pan filled with 300ml boiling water on the hob. Add a large pinch of salt, 1 tbsp olive oil and bring to the boil.

  • 2.

    When boiling, trickle in the polenta, stirring to beat out any lumps. Cook for 3 mins till the polenta and water are combined and thickening. Pour the polenta onto the baking tray and spread it thinly. Slide it into the oven for 15 mins.

  • 3.

    Meanwhile, prepare the salsa salad. Peel and finely chop the onion and add to a salad bowl. Zest and juice the lime over the onion. Add a pinch of salt and scrunch together. Halve the cherry tomatoes and set on top of the onions. Don’t mix.

  • 4.

    Trim and thinly slice the radishes. Finely shred a pinch of the radish leaves and add those. Peel the cucumber (the skin can be bitter) and chop into small chunks. Add to the bowl – still don’t mix.

  • 5.

    Crumble half the block of feta into the salad. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and some black pepper. Set aside.

  • 6.

    Remove the polenta from the oven and leave to cool slightly. Leaving it on the tray use 2 forks to tear the polenta into bite-sized pieces. Slide back into the oven for 10 mins to crisp it up further.

  • 7.

    Meanwhile, halve and stone the avocado. Scoop out the flesh and roughly chop it. Add to the salad bowl. Fold everything together gently.

  • 8.

    Remove the polenta from the oven and tip it into the salad bowl. Toss and serve straight away.