Nutty avocado and mango salad

Ingredients:

• Garlic, 1 clove, finely chopped
• Ginger, fresh, 1 thumb-sized piece, finely chopped or grated
• Chilli, 1 half red chilli, seeds removed, finely chopped
• Soy sauce 3 tbsp
• Brown sugar, 1 tbsp
• Lime juice from 2 limes
• Water, 2 tbsp
• Olive oil, 2 tbsp

• Avocado, 2 ripe avocados, cut into quarters
• Hazelnuts, 80g

• Iceberg lettuce, 1 small, shredded
• Mango, 1, julienned
• Spring onions, 3, sliced
• Coriander, fresh, handful roughly chopped
• Mint, fresh, 2-3 bushy sprigs
• Cucumber, 1 small, sliced lengthways into ribbons with a peeler

Method:

1 Hazelnuts

• Chop hazelnuts with breadknife
• Toast on pan
• Leave to cool

2 Sauce

• Add garlic, ginger, chilli, soy sauce, brown sugar, lime juice, water in small pan.
• Heat slowly, stirring, until the sugar has dissolved
• Stir in the oil.
• Remove from heat and leave to cool.

3 Salad

• Save to sprinkle some spring onions, coriander, mint
• Toss iceberg, mango, spring onions, coriander, mint into large bowl

4 Avocados

• Spread hazelnuts on plate
• Quarter avocados to wedges
• Press each wedge of avocado in the hazelnuts to coat

5 Present

• Arrange salad on large platters
• Set avocado wedges on top
• Sprinkle remaining spring onions, coriander, mint