Chickpea, orange and calamari salad
Prep
15m
Cook
20m
serves
4
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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1.For the dressing, whisk all ingredients in a bowl until well combined. Set aside.
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2.Pat squid and chickpeas dry with paper towel and set aside.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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7.Season, scatter with chopped parsley and micro parsley, if using, and drizzle with extra olive oil. Serve immediately.
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