Let this fresh salad take you on a journey to Thailand. A light dish packed with colourful ingredients and health-boosting garlic and ginger, the mix of sweet and sour flavours in this salad is all you need on a hot summer night. For added refreshment, our bartender at Rouhi, Sébastien Le Fouler has created a fresh and sour mocktail that pairs beautifully with this salad.

Recipe for 4 people
Preparation time: 30 minutes

Ingredients

• 2 little gem salad
• 1-2 radishes
• ½ cucumber
• 1 bunch cherry tomato
• ¼ bunch coriander
• Peanuts (crushed)

Ingredients Vinaigrette

• 50 gr peanut butter
• 3 tbs sushi vinegar
• 2 tbs soy sauce
• ½ lime (for the juice)
• 1 tbs grated fresh ginger
• 1 tbs sesame oil
• 2 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 2 tbs sriracha

Preparations

• Whisk the peanut butter, sushi vinegar, soy sauce, lime juice, ginger, sesame oil, garlic, and sriracha together in a small bowl.
• If the dressing is too thick, dilute it with a splash of water. Season it to your taste with salt and pepper.
• Cut the little gem in half -length wise- and finely salt them.
• Grill them quickly in a pan to get a light smokey flavour.
• Slice the radishes and cherry tomatoes in half.
• Finely slice the cucumber.

Plating

• Pull the grilled little gem lettuce leaves apart and place them in a bowl.
• Mix the salad with the vinaigrette and 2/3 of the garnish.
• Place the salad in individual bowls and top up with remaining ingredients.

Fresh and sour mocktail

Recipe for 4 drinks

Ingredients

• 1 cucumber
• 8-10 mint leaves
• 1 lemon
• 25cl of black tea
• 10 cl of elderflower syrup.
• Soda Water (optional)

Preparations

• Peel the cucumber and cut it into big slices.
• Combine the juice of the lemon with the black tea (chilled) and elderflower syrup in a blender.
• Add the cucumber to the blender and mix it all together.
• Strain the liquid to remove the mush.
• Serve the mocktail in 4 glasses (rocks/small type) with or without ice.

Want to enjoy it as a fizzy drink? Add some soda water. If you like your mocktail a little thicker, don’t strain it completely.