Superfood Salad Recipe

With summer superfoods being perfectly ripe for the picking, you can beat the heat with a nutrient rich and colourful superfood salad recipe by Gopi Chandran, Sopwell House’s Executive Head Chef.

Superfood Salad Recipe

Serves 4. 

Ingredients:

 1 cup Quinoa red and pearl
 2 cups of vegetable stock
 Dash of olive oil 
 100g Tenderstem broccoli, blanched and refreshed in ice
 ½ a Shallot, chopped and sautéed in olive oil until soft
 100g Edamame beans, blanched and refreshed 
 100g Kale, blanched and refreshed
 50g Pomegranate seeds

Citrus dressing
 1 cup fresh orange juice reduced to glace
 25ml white wine vinegar
 75ml Olive oil
 Seasoning (Salt & Pepper as you please)
 ½ tsp honey 

Instructions:

Quinoa
Place quinoa in saucepan adding in the stock 
and the dash of olive oil. Roughly mix together 
with a fork and bring to the boil before turning 
down to simmer until all the liquid has been absorbed.
 
If the quinoa has not expanded and appears to still 
be hard, add some more water and leave to simmer some more. 
We recommend using a fork to ‘fluff’ up your quinoa to get 
the desired texture.
 
Pro tip: Rinse the dry quinoa in a sieve before cooking, 
this will encourage the quinoa to expand and soak up the stock.
 
Dressing
To make the dressing first you’ll need to turn the orange
juice into a glace. You can do this by adding the orange 
juice to a saucepan and gently boiling on a medium to high 
heat until a syrup like texture has formed.
 
Once cool you will then need to whisk the orange glace, 
vinegar and honey together and begin to slowly add olive 
oil and seasoning.
 
To serve In a mixing bowl, toss quinoa, tenderstem broccoli, 
kale and edamame beans with citrus vinaigrette. Sprinkle 
pomegranate seeds and you’re ready to serve. 

This delicious recipe is best served with a delicious Gin Experience Cocktail or glass of Champagne on the side surrounded by the beauty of Sopwell House. However if you’re recreating at home they’d love to know, so be sure to tag them on social using the hashtag #SopwellHouseRecipes

Sopwell House is a stunning 18^th Century Georgian house located in the city of St. Albans deep within the Hertfordshire countryside. Located only 20 minutes from London St. Pancras, the hotel is the idyllic getaway just outside of the hustle and bustle of the capital. The hotel is the perfect place to dine boasting a 2AA Rosette restaurant, a vibrant Brasserie, an elegant cocktail lounge, and conservatory bar, all of which look out on 12-acres of beautiful gardens.

Sopwell House, Cottonmill Lane, St Albans, AL1 2HQ
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