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Salad with figs, mozzarella and arugula

Salad with Figs, Mozzarella, and Arugula

Love figs? Then this salad is for you. Every year, flipping through the many cooking magazines I have piled up, I keep coming across beautiful fig salads. I finally found the time to make one myself. It turned out bright and interesting. It's mainly for those who love figs.

Maria

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Figs

Mozzarella

100

Arugula

100

Thyme (5-6 sprigs)

Olive oil

Lemon juice

Balsamic vinegar

Ground black pepper

Salt

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 19 % 6 g

Fats 55 % 17 g

Carbohydrates 26 % 8 g

201 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Cooking method

Cooking time: 20 min

Step 1:

The dressing. To make the salad dressing, you'll need: olive oil, lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, ground black pepper, and salt.
Step 2:

Combine the olive oil with the lemon juice, balsamic vinegar, salt, and pepper.
Step 3:

Whisk everything thoroughly until the salt is completely dissolved.
Step 4:

Prepare the ingredients. To make this salad with figs, mozzarella, and arugula, you'll need: a few fresh figs, mozzarella in mini balls, and arugula.
Step 5:

Cut the stems off the figs. Cut the figs into rounds.
Step 6:

Wash and dry the arugula.
Step 7:

Take the mozzarella out of the brine and pat it dry. If the balls are large, cut them in half.
Step 8:

Arrange the arugula, fig rounds, and pieces of mozzarella on a plate.
Step 9:

Drizzle the dressing over the salad. Serve immediately. Enjoy!

We used to know figs only as a dried fruit. Now fresh figs are sold in both supermarkets and markets, you'll find them on restaurant and café menus, and they're delicious in all kinds of dishes, from appetizers to desserts. The fig is a subtropical deciduous ficus. The fig tree (also called the common fig) has a spreading crown with large, lobed leaves. It's a long-lived tree that can bear fruit for up to 200 years. The fig has been known to humans since deep antiquity. According to the Bible, Adam and Eve covered their nakedness with fig leaves, and the founders of Rome, Romulus and Remus, were suckled by a she-wolf under a fig tree. In ancient India, the fig was considered the tree of knowledge, under whose canopy the truth was revealed to the Buddha. The fig was first cultivated in the fertile part of southern Arabia and later spread to Judea, Syria, and the Mediterranean. In ancient Greece it appeared around a thousand years BC and was regarded as a symbol of fertility. At the festivals in honor of Dionysus, a basket of figs was always placed beside the vessel of wine.