PICKLED STRAWBERRY & PEPPER FETA SALAD RECIPE
Toss this simple elegant salad of peppery arugula, creamy feta with fresh cracked pepper, crisp English cucumbers, sweet fresh strawberries and tangy pickled strawberries. Serve for dinner with your favorite grilled steak, chicken breast or pork chop.
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Mediterranean
Keyword: Healthy Eats, Strawberry Salad
Servings: 4
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 5 oz fresh arugula
- 4 oz creamy feta cheese whole
- ½ English cucumber thin sliced
- 8 fresh ripe Florida strawberries if in season, sliced
- 8 pickled Florida strawberries
- ½ fresh baguette bread sliced
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ¼ cup pickling strawberry brine juice
- ¼ cup white balsamic vinegar
- 1 tsp raw honey
- pinch sea salt
- fresh cracked pepper
- 4 sprigs fresh thyme
Instructions
Directions
- Whisk olive oil, honey, pickling juice and vinegar. Add salt and pepper to taste.
- Toss arugula, strawberries and cucumbers with dressing
- Add fresh cracked pepper and fresh thyme leaves atop whole feta cheese, rough chop into large chunks.
- Plate salad and top with crumbled feta cheese.
- Slice baguette and toast, drizzle with olive oil once toasted. Use as garnish. It can also be served as crostini with feta and pickled strawberry on top.