Fresh salad with olive oil from Aix-en-Provence PDO
Ingredients
For
4
personnes
- ½ melon
- 3 multicoloured tomatoes
- 1 handful of cherry tomatoes
- A few mint leaves
- ½ bunch of basil
- 1 handful of rocket
- Fresh goat’s cheese (or mozzarella di bufala Campana PDO)
- 2 thick slices of Bayonne ham (PGI)
- 1.5 tablespoons of balsamic vinegar from Modena
- 3 tablespoons of olive oil from Aix-en-Provence PDO
- Salt, pepper
Tip
Perfect for summer meals, this sun-kissed salad will delight you with its refreshing flavours, enhanced by an intense-flavoured olive oil from Aix-en-Provence PDO. This olive oil, with aromas of fresh grass and/or raw artichoke, sometimes complemented by notes of nuts, fresh hazelnuts and red berries, pairs wonderfully with summer vegetables and fresh herbs (you can also choose an PDO olive oil from Nîmes, Haute-Provence, Provence, the Baux-de-Provence Valley, or Corsica – Oliu di Corsica).
Instructions
- To make this refreshing salad, start by peeling and scooping out the flesh of the melon. Use a melon baller to scoop out balls (or cut it into cubes).
- Wash the tomatoes. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half and slice the other tomatoes into medium-sized pieces.
- Cut the cheese into cubes and the ham into thick slices.
- Wash and chop the fresh herbs (mint, basil), and wash the rocket.
- Prepare the dressing by mixing vinegar and olive oil from Aix-en-Provence (PDO), then season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Mix everything together in a salad bowl and serve well chilled.
Tip
Perfect for summer meals, this sun-kissed salad will delight you with its refreshing flavours, enhanced by an intense-flavoured olive oil from Aix-en-Provence PDO. This olive oil, with aromas of fresh grass and/or raw artichoke, sometimes complemented by notes of nuts, fresh hazelnuts and red berries, pairs wonderfully with summer vegetables and fresh herbs (you can also choose an PDO olive oil from Nîmes, Haute-Provence, Provence, the Baux-de-Provence Valley, or Corsica – Oliu di Corsica).
We recommend...
For this recipe, we recommend PDO huile d'olive d'Aix-en-Provence (intense taste) for its aromas of raw artichoke and greenery, sometimes complemented by hints of walnuts/hazelnuts and red berries.
If you don’t have this, choose another intense-flavoured olive oil: PDO huile d'olive de Corse - Oliu di Corsica, PDO huile d'olive de Haute-Provence, PDO huile d'olive du Languedoc, PDO huile d'olive de Nîmes, PDO huile d'olive de Provence, PDO huile d'olive de la Vallée des Baux-de-Provence.
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