Kohlrabi, Orange and Watercress Salad

Always exciting to find an interesting vegetable in your (parents’) organic veg box, especially when it comes with a helpful recipe suggestion.  Thanks Riverford!

Although we can’t claim this salad idea as our own it’s definitely one worth passing along. 

We made one very slight adjustment and just used extra virgin olive oil in the dressing rather than the suggested mix of olive and sunflower.  We also ignored their fussy presentation suggestion and just threw the whole lot in a big bowl.

Kohlrabi is coming into season now.  You may struggle to find it in supermarkets but should be able to get your hands on some in grocers and vegetable shops.

Ingredients:

1 kohlrabi (2 if small)

2 oranges

100g watercress

Dressing:

Juice of 1 orange

Zest of ½ orange

90ml olive oil

½ tbsp fennel seeds

1 tsp caraway seeds

Lemon

Salt and pepper

- Grind the seeds in a pestle and mortar. 

- Mix together the orange juice, zest, oil and ground seeds.  Add lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste.

- Peel the kohlrabi.  Cut in half and slice thinly.

- Add the sliced kohlrabi to the dressing and leave to steep.

- Cut away the peel from the oranges and slice into thin discs.

- Add the watercress, sliced oranges and kohlrabi to a big bowl along with the dressing and toss so that everything is coated in the dressing.