• Prickly pear, smoked chicken and radish salad with baby spinach and pesto croutons

    Serves: 2
    Cooking Time: 20 mins

    Ingredients

    • 8 thin slices of baguette
    • 30ml (2 tbsp) basil or rocket pesto
    • 10ml (2 tsp) olive oil
    • 750ml (3 cups) baby spinach
    • 2 prickly pears, quartered or sliced
    • 1 smoked chicken breast, thinly sliced
    • 4 radishes, thinly sliced
    • 10 pecorino shavings

    Instructions

    1

    Preheat the oven to 180°C.

    2

    Arrange the baguette slices on a baking tray. Thin the pesto out with oil and brush onto the baguette slices. Bake until crisp and golden, about 10 – 12 minutes. Remove from the oven and leave to cool.

    3

    Scatter the baby spinach onto each plate and top with the prickly pears, chicken, radishes and pecorino. Add baguette slices on the side.

    4

    Drizzle the rest of the pesto over, if desired.