Seafood salad a popular dish for your Christmas table
serve / 8 prep / 40 minutes cook / 30 minutes
Ingredients
3 cups mixed fresh herb leaves (mint, basil, parsley) 1 lime, rind finely grated 1 garlic clove, crushed
1kg baby squid hoods, cleaned, scored, cut into 4cm pieces, tentacles reserved
1 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 celery heart, thinly sliced, leaves reserved
1 small red onion, thinly sliced
500g mixed baby tomatoes, halved if large
4 radishes, thinly sliced, plus extra, halved
1.5kg cooked prawns, peeled, deveined, tails intact
DRESSING:
3 small truss tomatoes, halved
80ml (1⁄3 cup) extra-virgin olive oil
60ml (1⁄4 cup) lime juice 1 1⁄2 tbsp white balsamic vinegar
1⁄2 tsp caster sugar
1. Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan-forced. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
2. For the dressing, place the tomato, cut-side down, on prepared tray. Drizzle with 2 tsp oil. Season. Roast for 25 minutes or until tender. Transfer to a sieve set over a bowl. Use the back of a spoon to push through the sieve to extract juice. Discard solids. Combine the lime juice, vinegar, sugar, 1⁄3 cup tomato puree and remaining oil in a bowl. Season well. Reserve 1⁄4 cup of the dressing.
3. Finely chop 2⁄3 cup of the fresh herbs. Combine the chopped herbs, rind, garlic and reserved dressing in a bowl. Combine the squid and oil in a separate bowl. Season.
4. Preheat a barbecue or chargrill on medium-high. Cook the squid, turning, for 2 minutes or until just cooked through. Add to the herb mixture. Toss to coat.
5. Combine the celery, celery leaves, onion, tomato, radishes, prawns, squid mixture, remaining herbs and half the dressing in a bowl. Toss to combine. Transfer to a plate. Serve with remaining dressing on the side.