Watermelon Salad with Feta and Broad Beans
Easy Watermelon salad with Feta, broad beans and cucumber, tossed in a lemon and olive oil dressing. A light summer salad ideal for garden dining or a BBQ. You can easily substitute the Broad beans for edamame or similar beans of your choice. You can also switch up the lemons with Lime for an interesting twist. The key thing here is to be a bit rustic, don't stress over the ingredients being more or less than listed. Above all make this your own family favourite by using this as inspriation.
Equipment
- 1 Large mixing Bowl
- 1 Serving Bowl About 25cm in diameter will be ideal, but go with what you have
Ingredients
- 1/2 Small Watermelon
- 200 g Feta Or whatever size pack you can get from your supermarket.
- 1 Cucumber
- 3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 Lemons
- 1 handful Broad Beans
- 1 handful Fresh Basil
- Black Pepper
Instructions
- In the large mixing bowl add the olive oil, and squeeze in the juice of 2 lemons (taking care not to drop in any of the seeds)
- Chop each of the pointy ends of the watermelon off to make it easier to cut the watermelon into slices. Make sure you remove the white rind and get down to the flesh
- Stand the watermelon on one of its cut ends so it is stable. Then Carve off the rind. Follow the contours of the watermelon with the knife to remove all the rind and expose the flesh
- Cut 1 cm slices down the length of the watermelon. Save half of the slices and put them to one side, we won't be using them. With the remaining slices, lay them flat and gently slice 1 cm apart across the grain, making 1 cm cubes of Watermelon. Add to a large bowl (not the bowl you will be serving the salad in)
- Cut the feta into similar 1 cm cubes and add to the watermelon in the bowl
- Slice the tips off the cucumber, then slice them into 1cm or so cubes, then add to the watermelon and feta
- Roughly chop the Basil and add to the bowl
- Using your hands, gently toss the salad to get as much of the olive oil and lemon juice to coat the watermelon, feta and cucumber
- Transfer to the serving bowl, then gently scatter with the broad beans and give it a light season with pepper to your taste
- Enjoy now or pop covered in the fridge to eat later