Broccoli salad with bacon biltong

Broccoli often gets a bad reputation for being a boring vegetable, but this salad is anything but! Forget bacon bits – the smoky, rich bacon biltong adds a whole new depth of flavour to this salad.

Serves 4 
Prep Time15 minutes 
Cooking Time 5 minutes

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Ingredients:

  • 230 g Tenderstem broccoli
  • 1 Woolworths red onion, thinly sliced
  • 50 g cashew nuts, roasted
  • 50 g Woolworths focaccia croutons
  • 50 g Woolworths chilli smoked pork bacon biltong

For the dressing:

  • 6 T Woolworths Extremely Creamy mayonnaise
  • 1 garlic clove, finely grated
  • 1 Woolworths LemonGold®, zested and juiced
  • 1 T Dijon mustard
  • 2 T Woolworths Mediterranean extra virgin olive oil
  • sea salt, to taste
  • freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Cooking instructions:

  1. Blanch the broccoli in boiling water for 1–2 minutes, then drain and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process. Roughly chop and place in a bowl.
  2. Add the red onion, cashew nuts and croutons.
  3. To make the dressing, whisk together the mayonnaise, garlic, lemon juice and zest, mustard, olive oil, salt, and black pepper until smooth.
  4. Drizzle the dressing over the salad and toss gently to combine.
  5. Top with chilli bacon biltong and serve.