Avocado, mint, chilli & feta salad recipe
- 375 g (13.2oz) Farfalle pasta
- 2 limes, zest and juice of
- 7 tbsp Extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 Ripe avocado
- 1 Red chilli
- 1 handful Fresh mint
- 1 Red onion
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 pinch Pepper
- 200 g (7.1oz) Feta cheese
- Cook the pasta in a large pan of boiling salted water.
- While the pasta is cooking, prepare the limes.
- If they are rock hard, pop them in the microwave for 10 seconds to soften, then roll them on a chopping board before grating the zest and squeezing the juice.
- Mix the zest, juice and olive oil to make a dressing
- Cut the avocado down the middle, cutting around the stone.
- Pop the stone out of the centre and skin the avocado.
- Cut the flesh into chunks and place in a bowl with the salad dressing, to stop it going brown
- De-seed and chop the chilli.
- Chop the mint leaves.
- Add them both to the dressing.
- Chop the onion.
- Drain the cooked pasta in a colander and refresh under the cold tap.
- Drain the pasta well.
- Transfer it to the bowl with the dressing, avocado and chopped onion
- Mix the salad together ensuring all the pasta is coated by the dressing.
- Season, crumble the feta over the top and serve
pasta, extravirgin olive oil, avocado, red chilli, handful, red onion, salt, pepper, feta cheese
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/14469/peter-sidwells-avocado-mint-chilli--feta-salad (may not work)