- 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
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- Salt & pepper
- 150ml boiling water
- 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.