Italian spelt salad

Ingredients:

2-3 portions

• Spelt grits (boiled or swollen in a thermos), 100 g
• Tomatoes, 150 g
• Mozzarella mini, 150 g
• Basil leaves, 50 g
• Linseed oil, 2-3 tbsp.
• Salt, 1/3 tsp.
• Ground black pepper, 1/3 tsp.

Ingredients for pesto sauce:

• 50 g of basil
• 50 g of walnut kernels
• 60 ml of linseed oil
• 40 g of Parmesan cheese
• 1 pinch of salt
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 spoon of natural apple cider vinegar

Preparing:

• Boil spelt grits in salted water (spelt to water ratio 1:2) until soft. Cool to room temperature.
• Cut the tomatoes.
• Cut the basil leaves into thin strips or tear them.
• Add spelt grits, tomatoes, mozzarella, basil to a salad serving bowl. Add linseed oil, salt, black pepper.
• If you want a richer taste, you can make a walnut-based pesto sauce: grind basil, walnuts, garlic and parmesan in a pestle and mortar with salt, add apple cider vinegar and linseed oil.

Thanks our colleague Yuliia Kukhlii for the recipe.