Hello summer, hello simple and delicious green summer salad with an almost kitschy pink red currant dressing! I very much appreciate you are here!
I grew up having a lots of red currants in our garden, but I wasn’t really crazy about them. Of course I wasn’t, the neighbours had raspberries and blackberries and we only had stupid red and black currants and some gooseberries…..eck. In the past 10 years I avoided red currants as much as I could. I have bought and tried every possible berries, but never red currants. Then something weird happened last week. I went to the farmer’s market, saw some red currants and instead of being disgusted, I just couldn’t resist to buy them. And walking home I just couldn’t stop thinking of a red currant salad.
This sweet and tart red currant dressing gives so much flavour to any green salad. It’s a healthy, fresh and insanely delicious salad! And that vibrant color is totally unrealistic, so-very-cool!
Just one last thing: Who knew red currant and dill together are that AMAZING!
Red Currant Salad
- Total Time: 13 mins
- Yield: 2-4 1x
Ingredients
- 3 cups of leafy greens
- 1/2 cup of almond
- bunch of fresh herbs (I used dill and chives)
- 1 cup of red currants + more to decorate
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp maple syrup
- salt, pepper
Instructions
- Add one cup of red currants, olive oil, water, maple syrup, salt and pepper to a food processor and process until completely smooth.
- Roast almonds in a skillet until lightly toasted. Cut them roughly.
- Arrange leafy greens and herbs on a large plate or salad bowl, then drizzle with dressing. Add almonds and red currants. Enjoy!
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 3 mins
- Category: Salad
How lovely is this salad! Picture-perfect, my dear! I am pinning this for sure.
Thanks, Alison!!! ❤️
This is SUCH a beautiful salad. I never would have thought to use red currants like this before so thanks for the idea. Love it.
Thank you! I love adding berries to my salads but the red currant was also new for me 🙂
looks super delicious and perfect for a summer lunch!!!
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Thanks 🙂
I saved this photo at foodgawker (I think) earlier today. I haven’t even noticed it was yours, but the picture was so amazing. I am really curious about this combination as well.
Thank you so much, Adina! 🙂
I included your amazing looking salad in a small list of salads to try on my blog. I hope that is ok with you.
Of course! Thank you so much for including me! 🙂
This salad looks so delicious and summer-y!!! Yum!
Thanks!!!!
What a gorgeous salad this is!!! Sounds amazing!!!
Thank you 🙂
This is stunning Evi! We had red currents in our yard when I was a child and I never ate them. Now I’m so curious. Thanks for the inspiration my friend. 🙂
Thanks, Linda! It’s funny, I never ate things from our garden and nowadays I’m so excited for those food 🙂