This salad was inspired by Maria Benardis’s lovely book My Greek Family Table. It’s the perfect accompaniment to the bay leaf-roasted spatchcocks.
Ingredients
Radish and currant salad
Method
Main
1.Preheat oven to 200C. Coarsely pound bay leaves, garlic, lemon rind and 1 tsp sea salt in a mortar and pestle until a coarse paste forms. Add 60ml olive oil, stir to combine and set aside.
2.Heat remaining oil in a large frying pan over high heat, add spatchcocks, skin-side down, season to taste and cook until golden (3-5 minutes), turn and cook for another minute, then transfer to a rack placed over a roasting pan. Spoon marinade over spatchcocks, season to taste, then roast until cooked through (10-15 minutes).
3.Meanwhile, for radish and currant salad, combine ingredients in a bowl, season to taste, toss to combine and serve with spatchcocks, drizzled with pan juices.
This recipe is from the March 2010 issue of .
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