Black pudding and goats' cheese salad

This lovely salad dish makes a delicious starter or tapas dish.  It is easy to prepare.

Preparation Time: 10 Mins

Cooking Time: 3 Mins

Total Time: 13 Mins

Ingredients

For 4 servings…

200 gms           Watercress

200 gms           Raspberries

2 tbs               Pine nuts  - roasted   

1 tbs               Olive oil     

200 gms           Goats' cheese  - cut into 1 cm slices       

200 gms           Black pudding  - cut into 1 cm slices       

For the dressing

3 tbs               Olive oil     

1 tsp               Honey  - runny        

1 tbs               Vinegar  - Sherry      

                     Pepper  - freshly ground, black  

                     Salt          

Method

Toss the watercress with the berries and pine nuts.

Heat the oil in a non-stick pan over a medium to high heat.  Fry the goats’ cheese slices on one side only, until golden.  Remove from the pan and then pan-fry the for about 2 minutes on each side.  Remove from the pan and drain on kitchen paper.

Add the goats’ cheese and black pudding slices to the salad.

Whisk together the ingredients for the dressing, pour it over the salad and serve immediately.

Variations

Loganberries make a good substitute for raspberries.

Wine recommendations

A light wine or Sherry

Conventional

     Manzanilla Sherry

     Txakoli de Getaria

Interesting

     Beaujolais

     Entre-deux-Mers

     Sylvaner