WATERMELON, FETA AND BLACK OLIVE SALAD
1 small red onion
2 to 4 limes, depending on juiciness
3 1/2 pounds sweet, ripe watermelon
9 ounces feta cheese
1 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 bunch fresh mint, chopped
3 to 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 ounces (1/2 cup) pitted black olives
Pepper, to taste
Peel and halve the red onion and cut into very fine half-moons and put in a small bowl to steep with the lime juice, to bring out the transparent pinkness in the onions and diminish their rasp.
Remove the rind and seeds from the watermelon and cut into approximately 1 3/4-inch triangular chunks. Cut the feta into similar sized pieces and put them both into a large, wide, shallow bowl. Tear off sprigs of parsley so that it is used like a salad leaf, rather than a garnish, and add to the bowl along with the chopped mint.
Tip the now glowingly puce onions, along with their pink juices, over the salad in the bowl; add the oil and olives. Then, using your hands, toss the salad very gently so that the feta and melon don't lose their shape. Add a good grinding of black pepper and taste to see whether the dressing needs more lime.
Makes 8 servings
Adapted from source: Forever Summer by Nigella Lawson
1 small red onion
2 to 4 limes, depending on juiciness
3 1/2 pounds sweet, ripe watermelon
9 ounces feta cheese
1 bunch fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 bunch fresh mint, chopped
3 to 4 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
4 ounces (1/2 cup) pitted black olives
Pepper, to taste
Peel and halve the red onion and cut into very fine half-moons and put in a small bowl to steep with the lime juice, to bring out the transparent pinkness in the onions and diminish their rasp.
Remove the rind and seeds from the watermelon and cut into approximately 1 3/4-inch triangular chunks. Cut the feta into similar sized pieces and put them both into a large, wide, shallow bowl. Tear off sprigs of parsley so that it is used like a salad leaf, rather than a garnish, and add to the bowl along with the chopped mint.
Tip the now glowingly puce onions, along with their pink juices, over the salad in the bowl; add the oil and olives. Then, using your hands, toss the salad very gently so that the feta and melon don't lose their shape. Add a good grinding of black pepper and taste to see whether the dressing needs more lime.
Makes 8 servings
Adapted from source: Forever Summer by Nigella Lawson
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