Name: The ultimate salad sandwich
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 5
Ingredients: 200 gm small dried chickpeas, soaked overnight in cold water, drained; Juice of 1 lemon; 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 1 small garlic clove, finely grated; 10 slices thick soft light rye bread; 2 small radicchio, thinly sliced; 1 beetroot (about 500gm), cut into julienne on a mandolin; 1 small telegraph cucumber, seeds removed, cut into julienne on a mandolin; 2 vine-ripened tomatoes, diced; ½ Spanish onion, thinly sliced on a mandolin; 4 radishes, cut into julienne; 1 cup each flat-leaf parsley and mint, coarsely torn (loosely packed); Pickled carrot; 3 carrots, cut into julienne on a mandolin; 60 ml white wine vinegar (¼ cup); 1 small red chilli, seeds removed, thinly sliced; 1½ tbsp caster sugar; Tahini-yoghurt dressing; 60 gm unhulled tahini (¼ cup); 60 gm good-quality mayonnaise (¼ cup); 60 gm Greek-style yoghurt (¼ cup); 60 ml lemon juice (¼ cup)

The ultimate salad sandwich

Why is it the ultimate? It could have something to do with the generous fillings, pickled carrot and tahini-yoghurt dressing.

Serves 5

Prep

30M

Cook

30M

Total

We’ve combined pickles, chickpeas and lots of fresh ingredients for the best salad sandwich ever. You’ll need to begin this recipe a day ahead.

Ingredients

200 gm small dried chickpeas, soaked overnight in cold water, drained

Juice of 1 lemon

2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

1 small garlic clove, finely grated

10 slices thick soft light rye bread

2 small radicchio, thinly sliced

1 beetroot (about 500gm), cut into julienne on a mandolin

1 small telegraph cucumber, seeds removed, cut into julienne on a mandolin

2 vine-ripened tomatoes, diced

½ Spanish onion, thinly sliced on a mandolin

4 radishes, cut into julienne

1 cup each flat-leaf parsley and mint, coarsely torn (loosely packed)

Pickled carrot

3 carrots, cut into julienne on a mandolin

60 ml white wine vinegar (¼ cup)

1 small red chilli, seeds removed, thinly sliced

1½ tbsp caster sugar

Tahini-yoghurt dressing

60 gm unhulled tahini (¼ cup)

60 gm good-quality mayonnaise (¼ cup)

60 gm Greek-style yoghurt (¼ cup)

60 ml lemon juice (¼ cup)

Method

Main

1.For pickled carrot, combine ingredients and 1½ tsp sea salt flakes in a bowl with 2 tbsp cold water and stir to combine. Set aside until carrot starts to soften and pickle (20 minutes), stir again, then refrigerate until required (best used within 2 days). Drain well before serving.

2.Combine chickpeas in a large saucepan with plenty of cold water. Bring to the boil over high heat and cook until tender (20-30 minutes), then drain.

3.Combine lemon juice, olive oil, garlic and warm chickpeas in a bowl, season to taste, stir to combine, then set aside to cool completely.

4.For tahini-yoghurt dressing, stir ingredients in a bowl to combine, season to taste.

5.Spread tahini-yoghurt dressing over one side of bread slices. Top half the slices with radicchio, then pickled carrot, then chickpea mixture, then beetroot, cucumber, tomato, onion, radish and herbs, season to taste, sandwich with remaining bread slices and serve.