Spelt, black bean and rocket salad

Name: Spelt, black bean and rocket salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: Serves: 4 as a main course side dish
Ingredients: 1 ripe avocado; 300 g tinned black beans, drained and rinsed; 4 handfuls rocket; 1 teaspoon english mustard; 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1 teaspoon dried sage; 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 2 tablespoons olive oil

Preparation info

Serves:
4
as a main course side dish

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
35 min

Appears in

Lucy's Food

By Lucy Cufflin

Published 2013

About

I ate a similar salad to this in Mexico with large, home-fried taco chips and a chargrilled steak on top. It was magical. Back on home soil, I tried many different grains until I found pearly spelt, which was the closest to the original grain.

Ingredients

200 g dried weight pearl spelt
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon

Side dish
Salad
Vegan

Method

Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and add the spelt. Stir until the water re-boils then turn the heat down, cover and simmer for 20–25 minutes or until the spelt is tender. Drain well.
Mix the oils, vinegar, mustard, sage and cumin together and season with salt and pepper. Peel and cut the avocado into mouth-sized chunks and add to the salad dressing imme