Sometimes, you don’t have to think up a recipe, it just writes itself. When I came home from Kelder’s Farm with these delicious farm fresh ingredients, I knew I had to eat them exactly how I picked them – raw. No red currant jelly or snap pea stir fry. Just a simple recipe to bring out the freshness of the ingredients.
With no cooking involved, this salad comes together in no time. Because the produce is farm fresh and in season, it’s naturally sweet, so you don’t need much to bring out the flavors. I seasoned it simply with oil, lemon, salt and pepper and the results were light and refreshing. The tart currants are the perfect balance to the sweet corn and the raw peas add a brightness to the salad. With it’s beautiful colors and crispy sweet taste, this salad makes the perfect addition to any summer meal!
Snap Pea, Corn & Red Currant Salad
16 oz. sugar snap peas
1 cup fresh corn
1/2 cup red currants*
1 small red onion, diced
1 1/2 tbsp olive oil
juice of 1/2 lemon
salt, to taste
freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Method:
Trim the ends of the snap peas and cut them on the diagonal. Add the snap peas, corn, currants, and onion to a bowl. Season with olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.
Variation: If you don’t have red currants available, you may substitute with raspberries or pomegranate seeds.
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Beautiful! Love this combination. I also enjoy eating in season fruits raw when they’re ripe and bursting with flavor.
I love how you are so respectful of the ingredients in this dish! Simple, fresh, minimal. Stunning presentation-thank you!
I’ve never had fresh currants before. This salad looks delicious, and your photo is beautiful.
Mmmm! I see a new family favorite BBQ salad ;)
I am loving the beautiful colors in this salad! The red currants sound like such a lovely addition!
Between your great photos and descriptive prose, I can just taste it! thanks
One of my favorite photo shoots you’ve done! Those red currants are beautiful. Wow, this farm is 2 hours from my house (without traffic). I wonder if my kids would sit patiently???
Thia looka wonderful! My boss made a similar salad last week, but with potatoes instead of the snap peas and currants — this was good also. I want to try to make both.
I remember picking all sorts of currants a few years back, this brings me back and makes me want to remember where I was, the salad is gorgeous and I want to try it.
DONE AND DONE! This on my menu this weekend!
Currants…great idea! This looks beautiful and I’m sure tasted fantastic and refreshing!
This is so my type of salad! I’m going to try it! Btw did you hear about our Sweetup Event??? I hope you can make it. Email me at ask.fashionisha@gmail.com for more info!
xo
Sharon
this is simple, beautiful, uncomplicated and fresh love it!
so colorful and fresh looking! There’s nothing quite as delicious and sweet as produce you just picked yourself!
I love the colors in this salad, it’s so pretty.