Honeyed winter salad recipe

Honeyed winter salad recipe

Honey makes most things better in life, whether it’s spread on toast, drizzled over porridge or even in a salad.

Ingredients

  • 1 butternut squash, cut into thin wedges
  • 2 red onions, halved and cut into wedges
  • 4 parsnips, cut into wedges
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 –2 tbsp clear honey
  • 1 small ciabatta, roughly torn into pieces
  • 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
  • 225 g spinach
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 pinch each salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 butternut squash, cut into thin wedges
  • 2 red onions, halved and cut into wedges
  • 4 parsnips, cut into wedges
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 –2 tbsp clear honey
  • 1 small ciabatta, roughly torn into pieces
  • 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
  • 7.9 oz spinach
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 pinch each salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 butternut squash, cut into thin wedges
  • 2 red onions, halved and cut into wedges
  • 4 parsnips, cut into wedges
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 –2 tbsp clear honey
  • 1 small ciabatta, roughly torn into pieces
  • 1 tbsp sunflower seeds
  • 7.9 oz spinach
  • 2 tbsp white wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 pinch each salt and freshly ground black pepper

Details

  • Cuisine: British
  • Recipe Type: Salad
  • Difficulty: Easy
  • Preparation Time: 15 mins
  • Cooking Time: 30 mins
  • Serves: 4

Step-by-step

  1. Preheat the oven to 220°C/425°F/gas mark 7.
  2. Put the vegetables into a large roasting tin, drizzle with half the oil and season to taste.
  3. Roast for 25 minutes, turning once in a while until softened and the butternut squash has just started to brown at the edges.
  4. Drizzle with the honey. Scatter the torn ciabatta and sunflower seeds over the top and return to the oven for a further 5 minutes or until toasted.
  5. Put the spinach into a large bowl and tip in the vegetables and ciabatta.
  6. Whisk the vinegar, mustard and remaining oil together, season to taste and toss into the salad until the spinach wilts slightly. Serve immediately.

This recipe is from Seasons at Highclere: Gardening, Growing, and Cooking through the Year at the Real Downton Abbey, out now. Published by Century in hardback, £30.

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