Roasted Vegetable Salad with a Smokey Paprika Dressing
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Serves: 4
 
Roasted Vegetable Salad with a Smoky Paprika Dressing, a colourful salad with sweet potato, pepper and cauliflower to feed a crowd.
Ingredients
Salad
  • Sweet potato, approx 500g, large dice.
  • 1 small cauliflower, diced into bite-sized pieces
  • 2 red bell peppers, small dice
  • 1 x 400g can of chickpeas, drained
  • large handful fresh coriander, chopped
  • 2 tsp coriander seeds, toasted and lightly crushed
  • 2 tbsp toasted flaked Almonds (or whole almonds, I like the blanched ones)
  • Extra-virgin olive oil
  • Sea salt
Dressing
  • 3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 lime – use all the zest and 1 tbsp of juice (or lemon)
  • 1 clove of garlic, minced
  • ½ tsp smoked paprika
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • pinch salt & coarsely ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Pre-heat oven to 220ºC / 200ºC (fan)
  2. Toss the potato in ½ tbsp or so of olive oil and a pinch of salt. Lay on a lined baking tray and cook in the oven for 10 mins, then toss the cauliflower & peppers in ½ tbsp or so olive oil and a pinch of salt and place on a second lined baking tray and place in the oven. Cook everything for a further 20 minutes.
  3. Whilst the veg are in the oven prepare the dressing. Whisk together the olive oil with the lime juice, zest, garlic, spices and season.
  4. When all the veg are done and still warm combine in a bowl with the chickpeas half of the toasted coriander seeds and pour over the dressing. I like to do this warm so the heat of the vegetables takes the edge of the warm garlic and warms the chickpeas. Allow the salad to cool off a little before tossing with fresh coriander and topping with the almonds and more coriander seeds. Season to taste
Notes
Replace the sweet potato with butternut squash in the early autumn.
Recipe by Ceri Jones Chef at https://cerijoneschef.com/roasted-vegetable-salad-smokey-paprika-dressing/