Recipe

Date and orange salad

Fresh and colourful date and orange salad from Australian Women's Weekly.

Sep 30, 2009 2:00pm
  • 40 mins cooking
  • Serves 4
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Ingredients

Date and orange salad
  • 1 1/2 cup (300g) couscous
  • 1 1/2 cup (375ml) boiling water
  • 12 fresh dates (270g), seeded, quartered
  • 1 cup (100g) toasted walnuts, chopped coarsely
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon walnut oil
  • 2 grapefruits (1kg), peeled, sliced thinly
  • 2 oranges (480g), peeled, sliced thinly
  • 14 trimmed red radishes (210g), sliced thinly
  • 80 gram mizuna
  • 2 cup loosely packed fresh mint leaves
  • 2 cup loosely packed fresh coriander leaves
  • 1/2 cup (125ml) orange juice
  • 2 teaspoon sugar
  • 2 tablespoon walnut oil
  • 2 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

Method

Date and orange salad
  • 1
    Combine couscous with the water in large heatproof bowl; cover, stand about 5 minutes or until water is absorbed, fluffing with fork occasionally. Cool 10 minutes; stir in dates, nuts and oils.
  • 2
    Make walnut oil dressing. Combine ingredients in screw-top jar; shake well.
  • 3
    Add grapefruit, orange, radish, mizuna and herbs to couscous mixture with dressing; toss gently to combine.

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