Summer plum and prawn salad – Add colour to your table

Toss together the ultimate summer salad this season. This summer plum and prawn salad is a colourful display of vibrant ingredients that will brighten up mealtime.

The plums harvest season has begun and what better time of the year to add this juicy fruit to your dishes? A summer plum and prawn salad is the ultimate taste experience releasing a symphony of textures and flavours. This recipe includes a spicy plum and chilli dressing drizzled over each salad layer that will tempt you to lick your plate afterwards to savour each droplet of sauce.

Preparing this appetising salad is as quickly as counting slowly to ten. Well, almost! Within about ten minutes you can have this delicious salad ready.

Enjoy this summer salad as a side dish or even as a light lunch. A trick to get this salad loaded with flavour is to ensure that you drizzle a generous amount of the spicy plum and chilli sauce after each layer of salad you prepare.

Hello summer! We are ready for you with this vibrant summer plum and prawn salad to welcome the hot weather.

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Summer plum and prawn salad recipe

5 from 1 vote

Recipe by Jenny Morris Course: SidesCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Servings

4

servings

Prep time

15

minutes

Ingredients

• Salad


• 
  

  6 large firm, ripe plums, peeled, pitted and cubed

  
  


• 
  

  200 g butter lettuce

  
  


• 
  

  1 cup of cubed English cucumber

  
  


• 
  

  400 g cooked prawn meat

  
  


• 
  

  1 cup bean sprouts

  
  


• 
  

  2 spring onions with tops, sliced

  
  


• 
  

  ½ red pepper diced

  
  


• 
  

  2 tablespoons chopped fresh coriander

  
  


• Spicy plum and chilli dressing


• 
  

  ½ cup (125 ml) olive oil

  
  


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  3 tablespoons lime juice

  
  


• 
  

  1 teaspoon lime zest

  
  


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  1 tablespoon fish sauce

  
  


• 
  

  1 tablespoon brown sugar

  
  

Method

• Prepare the salad dressing first by blending all the ingredients together in a food processor. Taste and adjust seasoning.


• Layer the salad ingredients on a serving platter, moistening each of the layers with
  
  the chilli dressing as you go.


• Serve immediately.

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