Gingered Tomato, French Bean & Nectarine Salad
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Prep: 20 mins
Cook: 15-20 mins
A riotous mix of tip-top seasonal bounty where French beans are grilled alongside spicy ginger topped sweet tomatoes and served with sharp, juicy nectarines and limey tarragon buckwheat. This is a flavour party you won’t want to miss.
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452 kcal
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Ingredients you'll need
  • 400g vine tomatoes
  • 2 nectarines
  • 75g buckwheat
  • A thumb of ginger
  • A handful of tarragon, leaves only
  • 1 garlic clove
  • 200g French beans
  • 1 lime
  • 1 tbsp Demerara sugar
  • 15g coconut flakes
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  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • Salt & pepper
  • 150ml boiling water
Step by step this way
  • 1.

    Set your grill to a medium-high setting. Peel and grate the ginger and garlic into a small bowl. Zest in the lime. Add 1 tbsp each Demerara sugar and olive oil and mix with a good pinch of salt.

  • 2.

    Cut each tomato into 3 thick slices. Lay them on a foil-lined baking tray. Spread the gingery mix over each slice. Trim the French beans and place them on the tray around the tomatoes. Grill for 15 mins.

  • 3.

    Meanwhile tip the buckwheat into a pan and place on the hob. Toast for 2-3 mins, then pour in 150ml boiling water. Simmer for 10 mins.

  • 4.

    Squeeze the juice from the lime into a large salad bowl. Add 1 tbsp olive oil and some salt and pepper. Mix to make a dressing. Pick the tarragon leaves from their stems and add to the bowl.

  • 5.

    Halve the nectarines and scoop out the stones. Roughly chop and add to the dressing bowl.

  • 6.

    Check the tomatoes after 15 mins. They should have collapsed slightly and the topping coloured. The beans will be lightly charred. Cook for a further 5 mins if not quite cooked. Drain any water from the buckwheat and leave to cool slightly.

  • 7.

    Remove the tomatoes from the oven and lift onto a plate. Tip any juice from the tomatoes into the bowl with the dressing and whisk.

  • 8.

    Fold the buckwheat and half of the French beans with the dressing. Taste and season if needed. Divide the buckwheat between 2 of plates and top with the tomatoes and remaining French beans. Scatter over the coconut flakes to serve.