Green Salad with Fried Goats Cheese

Ingredients

• 1 avocado, cut into wedges
• 4 asparagus spears, shaved into ribbons
• 1 zucchini, shaved in ribbons or cut in to matchsticks
• Handful salad greens
• ½ punnet yellow cherry tomatoes, cut in half
• ½ green apple, sliced
• Handful yellow & green beans, blanched
• 1 spring onion, sliced
• 1 handful basil leaves, mint leaves and parsley leaves
• 2 tbsp chopped parsley
• 2 tbsp mint chopped
• 1 lemon zest
• 1 small tub baby boccocini (or feta/goats cheese)
• 100g panko bread crumbs
• 1 egg
• Flour
• Salt
• Pepper
• Olive oil
• Pistachios to garnish

For the Pistachio Dressing

• 60g pistachio
• 1 garlic clove
• Pinch salt
• 60ml olive oil
• 3 tbsp chopped parsley
• 15g grated parmesan
• 1 lemon juiced
  
  

Method

Combine chopped parsley, mint, lemon zest, salt and pepper with the bread crumbs. Roll the cheese in seasoned flour, egg, then the herbed crumb mix. Heat a little oil in a pan and gently fry the cheese until golden on both sides. Set aside. Combine all other ingredients in a large bowl and toss lightly with pistachio dressing. Place in a serving bowl and top with crumbed cheese and sprinkle with pistachios. 

 For the Pistachio Dressing

Crush the garlic salt and pistachios in a mortar and pestle. Add the remaining ingredients and season to taste.