Mini Grilled Fennel with Creamy Fir Kombucha Sauce

 
This excellent summer green salad is light and tasty. Its creamy dressing and light forest taste enhance the dish.

Recipe : Chloé Ostiguy

 
 

Ingredients

  • 1 large lettuce from the garden: chicory, mixed greens or greens of your choice

  • 3 mini fennels

  • 1 cucumber

  • Fresh herbs, coriander and dill (or your favorite)

  • 250 ml (1 cup) sunflower seeds

  • 175 ml (3⁄4 cup) fir kombucha

  • 60 ml (1⁄4 cup) sunflower oil

  • 80 ml (1⁄3 cup) water

  • 125 ml (1⁄2 cup) chopped coriander

  • 1 teaspoon salt

  • 1 teaspoon pepper

  • 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast

 

Preparation

In a large bowl, mix the greens.

With a mandolin, cut the cucumber in fine juliennes.

Cut the fennels in halves lengthwise and fry for a few minutes in a pan.

Finely chop the herbs of your choice and sprinkle over the cucumbers and lettuce. Add the fennels halves to the serving platter.

In a high-speed mixer, add the sunflower seeds, sunflower oil, fir kombucha, water, coriander, salt, pepper and the nutritional yeast, and mix until a smooth sauce is obtained.

Poor slowly in service plates.