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Chargrilled cauliflower salad with chickpeas and quick-pickled onions

Meet our vegan chargrilled cauliflower salad recipe. With crunchy, slightly tangy pickled onions, lemon and lots of fresh herbs, this salad is simply delicious.

  • Time to make: 45 mins
  • Serving: 6 people (as a side)
Ratings: 3.8
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • Quick-pickled onions
  • 1 red onion, finely sliced
  • 125ml (½ cup) cider vinegar
  • 2 tablespoons raw sugar
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 4 whole black peppercorns
  • 1 sprig thyme
    • 1 head cauliflower, cut into florets
    • 2-3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
    • ½ teaspoon salt
    • freshly ground black pepper
    • 400g can chickpeas in spring-water, drained and rinsed well
    • 2 tablespoons sultanas, roughly chopped
    • large handful flat-leaf parsley, roughly chopped
    • large handful mint leaves, roughly chopped
    • juice of ½ lemon
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Heat barbecue. Place sliced onion into a small bowl. Combine vinegar, sugar, salt, bay leaf, peppercorns and thyme in a saucepan and bring to the boil, stirring to dissolve the sugar. When boiling, remove from the heat and pour over onions. Stir well and press onions down to make sure they’re submerged in vinegar, then set aside at least 30 minutes (this can be done a day in advance and stored in the fridge).

    2 Place cauliflower florets into a bowl, drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

    3 Grill in batches 10—15 minutes, turning often until tender and charred in places. Transfer to a bowl and set aside to cool a little.

    4 When ready to serve, add chickpeas, sultanas and herbs to the cauliflower, sprinkle over lemon juice and check seasoning. Drain pickled onions and add to the bowl (save the pickling vinegar to make salad dressings with), give it all a good mix up and serve.

    Variations

    Make it gluten free: Check cider vinegar is gluten free.

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