Trish Deseine

Salade primavera

Primavera salad

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Preparation info
  • For

    8

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Nobody Does it Better: Why French Cooking is still the best in the world
Nobody Does it Better

By Trish Deseine

Published 2007

  • About

This is Lou’s seasonal but simple pasta salad (see photograph), using green vegetables are most fresh at the market that day.

Ingredients

  • 150 g broad beans, podded
  • 12 green asparagus spears
  • 8 courgette flowers

Method

In separate batches, steam the broad beans, asparagus and courgette flowers very lightly. They must remain firm. Chop the courgettes into bite-sized chunks and cut the tomatoes in half. Tear the mozzarella into pieces.

In a large salad bowl, mix the mozzarella, vegetables and herbs together with some olive oil, a dash of balsamic vinegar and some salt and pepper.

Cook the pasta