Recipes

Xanthe Clay’s Radish and Pea salad – served with roast beef

This is such a simple, fresh and seasonal salad, perfect as a side dish, a quick healthy snack or a light meal in its own right. It’s so healthy but looks so good, you’ll be inspiring all your guests to re-create this one at home.

Serves 2 - 3
Preparation Time:
10 mins
Cooking Time:
-

What you'll need:

  • 1 teacupful of fresh peas
  • 10 radishes, thinly sliced
  • 1 spring onion, thinly sliced
  • 3 tbsp crème fraiche
  • milk
  • A punnet of cress
  • black pepper
  • slices of cold roast beef
  • 1 lime cut in to quarters

What to do:

  1. Lightly cook the peas in boiling water, then drain and cool under the tap.
  2. Scatter them over a plate with the thinly sliced radishes and spring onion.
  3. Thin the crème fraiche to single cream consistency with a little milk and trickle it over the salad.
  4. Snip over the cress and season with freshly ground black pepper. Serve with cold roast beef, adding some lime quarters to squeeze over.