Chickpea, orange and calamari salad

Prep
15m
Cook
20m
serves
4
Chickpea, orange and calamari salad
Chickpea, orange and calamari salad
Chickpea, orange and calamari salad
This salad is served everywhere in local delis in Rome and is known as insalata di ceci e calamari. I could eat it every weekend. Fresh sunflower oil at the right temperature for frying is the key to success, says Shannon.

Ingredients (14)

  • 3 squid tubes (about 450g), cleaned, thinly sliced into rings
  • 400g can chickpeas, rinsed, drained (we used Woolworths Macro)
  • 1 tbs extra virgin olive oil, plus extra to drizzle
  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed
  • Sunflower oil, to deep-fry
  • 1/3 cup (50g) chickpea flour (besan)
  • 1/3 cup (65g) rice flour
  • 1 orange, peeled, thinly sliced into rounds
  • 1 Asian (red) eschalot, thinly sliced
  • 3/4 cup (190g) hummus
  • Finely chopped flat-leaf parsley leaves and micro parsley (optional), to serve

Orange and red wine vinegar dressing

  • Juice of 1 orange
  • 2 tbs red wine vinegar
  • 2 tbs extra virgin olive oil

Don't forget you can add these ingredients to your Woolworths shopping list.

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Method

  • 1.
    For the dressing, whisk all ingredients in a bowl until well combined. Set aside.
  • 2.
    Pat squid and chickpeas dry with paper towel and set aside.
  • 3.
    Heat olive oil in a large frypan over high heat. Add chickpeas and garlic and cook, stirring every minute, for 6 minutes or until golden. Set aside.
  • 4.
    To make the calamari, half-fill a deep-fryer or large saucepan with sunflower oil and heat to 180°C (a cube of bread will turn golden in 90 seconds when the oil is hot enough). Combine flours in a bowl. Working in batches, toss squid in flour mixture, then transfer to a fine sieve and shake off excess.
  • 5.
    Deep-fry squid, turning halfway, for 2 minutes or until light golden and crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towel.
  • 6.
    Place chickpea mixture, orange slices and eschalot in a small serving dish and drizzle with a little dressing. Place hummus and calamari in 2 more serving dishes.
  • 7.
    Season, scatter with chopped parsley and micro parsley, if using, and drizzle with extra olive oil. Serve immediately.
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