Yellow Courgette, Chickpea, Red Onion, Chilli, Watercress and Feta Salad

Name: Yellow Courgette, Chickpea, Red Onion, Chilli, Watercress and Feta Salad
Ingredients: 600 g cooked chickpeas, drained and rinsed if from a can; 2 handfuls of watercress; handful of picked flat leaf parsley; 3 tablespoons crème fraîche; 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced; 250 g feta, cut into small chunks; 4 medium yellow courgettes, topped and tailed; salt; 1 moderately hot red chilli, thinly sliced into rings (remove the seeds if you want less heat); 5 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil; ½ teaspoon sugar; 4 tablespoons fresh lemon juice and 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest; 2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves; 1 cup loosely packed basil leaves; 3 large red onions, thinly sliced

Basil Crème Fraîche Dressing

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Medium

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Salads

By Peter Gordon

Published 2005

About

Yellow courgettes are a very pretty vegetable; they have a lovely colour and seem to brighten up a plate of food fairly easily. If you can’t find any, just use ordinary green ones, but make sure they’re very fresh.

I tend always to cook chickpeas from scratch as I like to buy those lovely tiny Spanish ones, but if you aren’t sure how old your dried chickpeas are I’d recommend you buy a good-quality canned variety. It will save you hours in preparation and cooking time.

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Spicy
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

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