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California dreaming salad with barramundi

The lime, orange, ginger and sesame oil dressing make it really light and tasty. This recipe is inspired by a recipe from Naked Food by Jane Grover.

California dreaming salad with barramundi

California dreaming salad with barramundi Credit: Kitti Gould

  • serves

    6

  • prep

    15 minutes

  • cook

    20 minutes

  • difficulty

    Easy

serves

6

people

preparation

15

minutes

cooking

20

minutes

difficulty

Easy

level

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Ingredients

  • ½ cup raw almonds
  • ½ cup fresh orange juice (from 3 oranges)
  • ½ cup sultanas
  • 6 x 180 g barramundi fillets, skin on & scored
  • 2 spring onions, finely sliced
  • 4 small carrots, grated
  • 1 cup baby spinach leaves
  • 1 Lebanese cucumber, sliced
  • 100 g mixed Italian salad leaves
  • ½ cup mint leaves
  • 2 oranges, peeled and segmented
Lime and sesame dressing
  • 1 lime, juiced
  • 1 tbsp of sesame oil
  • 2 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp finely grated ginger
  • sea salt and black pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 160˚C. Place the almonds on a tray, then toast for 20 minutes. Set aside to cool. When cool, roughly chop.
  2. Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine the fresh orange juice with the sultanas. Mix well to combine.
  3. Heat oil in a large frypan and cook fish, in batches, skin-side down for 2-3 minutes, until skin is crispy, turn and cook for further 2-3 minutes or until cooked through.
  4. In a screw top jar, combine the ingredients for the dressing.
  5. In a large salad bowl, combine the spring onion, carrot, baby spinach, cucumber, mixed salad leaves, mint and orange segments. Toss well to combine. Just before serving, toss with the salad dressing.
  6. Serve the salad with the barramundi. Sprinkle the almonds over the salad.
 

Photography by Kitti Gould.

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Cook's Notes

Oven temperatures are for conventional; if using fan-forced (convection), reduce the temperature by 20˚C. | We use Australian tablespoons and cups: 1 teaspoon equals 5 ml; 1 tablespoon equals 20 ml; 1 cup equals 250 ml. | All herbs are fresh (unless specified) and cups are lightly packed. | All vegetables are medium size and peeled, unless specified. | All eggs are 55-60 g, unless specified.

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