Raw Vegetables with Sauce for Dunking

Name: Raw Vegetables with Sauce for Dunking
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons olive oil; 1 red pepper (capsicum), cut into thickish chunks; 1 rosemary sprig; 4–5 thick slices brown bread, cut into chunks; 1 garlic clove, peeled and squashed a bit; firm inner leaves of a small romaine (cos) lettuce; 1 small fennel bulb, trimmed, halved and cut into slices; 4 inner celery stalks, cut into sticks; 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar; juice of 1 lemon; ½ teaspoon dijon mustard; 1 teaspoon honey; 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Apples for Jam

By Tessa Kiros

Published 2010

About

Use the best-looking, healthiest and most colourful vegetables you can find. You might like to make variations — some mashed-up avocado or a soft creamy cheese for dipping as well. The sauce can be served in individual bowls or just one big communal bowl if it’s family.

Ingredients

5 tablespoons olive oil
1 teaspoon honey
½ teaspoon</

Starter
Snack
Vegetarian
Raw

Method

Put the oil, honey, mustard, sesame seeds and vinegar in a bowl and whisk together well with a fork. Add salt to taste. Squeeze in lemon juice, tasting as you go, and stop when you’re happy with the flavour. Add the rosemary and garlic and leave for the flavours to mingle while you prepare the vegetables.

Rinse the vegetables, drain and pat dry. Stack in groups on a platter and pile the