Wedge salad with soy seeds & pickled dill cucumbers
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Wedge salad with soy seeds & pickled dill cucumbers

By Ed Smith

Try the salty, umami-heavy crunch of soy seeds along with pickled cucumbers to dress this wedge salad – it beats a classic bacon garnish any day

  • Prep:15 mins
    Cook:5 mins
  • Serves 4
  • Easy

Nutrition per serving

  • kcal 208
  • fat 13g
  • saturates 4g
  • carbs 12g
  • sugars 0g
  • fibre 4g
  • protein 9g
  • salt 1g

Ingredients

  • 75ml white wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • ¼ tsp ground turmeric
  • 1 tsp finely chopped dill
  • 1 large cucumber, thinly sliced into 1-2mm-thick rounds
  • 1 iceberg lettuce, halved through the core, each half cut into wedges
  • 75g mixed seeds
  • 1 tsp caster sugar
  • 1 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 100ml buttermilk
  • 3 tbsp Greek-style yogurt
  • ½ tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 small garlic clove, finely grated
  • 1 tbsp finely chopped dill
  • 2 tbsp liquid from the quick-pickled cucumbers (see above)

Method

  1. Combine the vinegar, sugar, turmeric, dill and ½ tsp sea salt in a medium non-reactive bowl, whisking to dissolve the sugar and salt. Add the cucumber slices, mix well and leave to pickle for 10 mins. Check the cucumber slices are still submerged, and if not, weigh down with a plate. Leave to continue pickling for a further 30 mins.

  2. Toast the seeds in a dry, heavy-based pan over a medium heat for 4-5 mins, shuffling the pan often until the seeds begin to colour and pop. Add the sugar, then stir, turn off the heat, pour in the soy sauce, mix well and pour out onto a large plate to cool. Break up any clumps using a fork and store in an airtight container until needed. Will keep for up to a week. Combine all the dressing ingredients in a bowl or jug, and season well.

  3. Arrange the lettuce wedges in a serving bowl and spoon over half the dressing. Scatter over the pickled cucumbers, then spoon over the rest of the dressing and the seeds.

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