Easy pointed cabbage salad with blueberries and avocado – dates, feta and a vinaigrette.
This pointed cabbage salad is a real favourite of mine. It has everything – crisp, creamy, sweet and salty all in one salad, and it simply works.
Crisp pointed cabbage (also sold as sweetheart or hispi cabbage) forms the base, while avocado brings a lovely creaminess. Sweet blueberries and dates give a beautiful contrast to the salty feta and the crunchy salted almonds – and together with fresh spring onions you get a salad with plenty of both flavour and texture.
Everything is tossed in a simple vinaigrette of lemon, olive oil, a little mayonnaise and mustard, which gives a lightly creamy dressing with both acidity and sweetness. It brings the salad together and lifts all the flavours.
It is a salad that goes perfectly with the summer barbecue – with white or red meat or fish – but it also works really well as a main-course salad, perhaps with a little protein on the side.
It is one of those salads I come back to again and again when I want a bit of everything in one bite – it is filling, tastes wonderful and is simply very, very good.
What makes this salad so good
Pointed cabbage – The crisp base of the salad. It gives plenty of crunch and freshness – and soaks up the dressing really well at the same time.
Avocado – Adds a soft, creamy texture that balances all the crunch. It makes the salad more filling and rounder in flavour.
Blueberries – Give small, sweet and juicy bursts that freshen up the salad and create a lovely contrast to the salty elements.
Dates – Contribute a deeper sweetness that pairs really well with the feta and the vinaigrette.
Feta – The salty, slightly tangy flavour that lifts the whole salad and gives it character.
Spring onions – Add a mild onion flavour and a little bite, which balances the sweet and creamy elements.
Salted almonds – Give a satisfying crunch and extra flavour – and they go really well with both the feta and the sweet elements.
The vinaigrette – The vinaigrette pulls the whole salad together and creates the perfect balance 🤍 The rounded richness of the olive oil, the gentle bite of the mustard and the fresh acidity of the lemon work really well together. The honey adds a mild sweetness, while the mayonnaise gives a light creaminess – and together they lift all the flavours in the salad and bind it all together.
Pointed cabbage salad with blueberries, avocado and dates
Ingredients
- 1/2 pointed cabbage, finely shredded
- 2 avocados, diced
- 200 g blueberries
- 100 g dates, sliced
- 3 spring onions, finely sliced
- 150 g feta, roughly crumbled
- 50 g salted almonds, roughly chopped
Vinaigrette
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 2 1/2 tbsp lemon juice
- 1 1/2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tsp wholegrain mustard
- 2 tsp honey
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
Method
- Mix the ingredients for the vinaigrette. Season with salt and freshly ground pepper and stir well.
- Put the pointed cabbage, avocado, blueberries, dates, spring onions and feta in a large bowl. Pour over the vinaigrette and toss well.
- Arrange the salad on a platter or serve it in the bowl, top with the salted almonds and finish with a little freshly ground pepper.
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Hej Vibeke
Hvor gør det mig glad at høre, tusind tak for de søde ord:)
Warm wishes, Dianna
Har lige haft den på buffet til sommerfest med stor succes
Hej Signe
Hvor gør det mig glad at høre, tusind tak for de søde ord:)
Warm wishes, Dianna
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