October 20, 2019 / In food , veggie / Tagged as: lime, broccoli, olive oil, apple, pomegranate, quinoa, honey, soy sauce, wasabi

Quinoa, Broccoli, Apple and Pomegranate

Total Cook Time

25 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 head of broccoli
  • 2 apples
  • 1 pomegranate
  • 500g quinoa, boiled and left to cool
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 100ml lime vinaigrette

Method

  1. Prepare small florets of broccoli. Peel the stalk and chop it into bite sized pieces.
  2. Either par-boil the broccoli for a few minutes before dousing under cold water.
  3. Or fry the broccoli in a little olive oil till it retains a little bite and still has a vibrant green colour.
  4. Season the broccoli with a little salt. Set aside.
  5. Quarter the apples. Remove the core. Cut into small pieces. Mix in vinaigrette to prevent discolouration.
  6. Rinse the quinoa under cold water before cooking. Cook in approximately double the quinoa volume.
  7. Quinoa cooked once the seeds open up; drain in a sieve and using the back of a spoon press the quinoa tight to force water out.
  8. Leave quinoa to cool.
  9. Pomegranate is prepared by cutting it in half…. turning it skin side up and hitting the fruit with a wooden spoon till all the seeds drop out (over a bowl). Pick out any white membrane that drops into the seeds.
  10. Toss the quinoa with the apples, broccoli and lime vinaigrette.
  11. Serve with a sprinkling of the pomegranate seeds.

Lime Vinaigrette

  1. 50 ml lime juice.
  2. Zest of 2 limes.
  3. 3 tbsp honey.
  4. 1 tsp wasabi
  5. 1/2 tsp soy sauce.
  6. 200ml olive oil.
  7. Mix all together and season with soy and lime juice.