Description
Purslane is delicious in this traditional vegan, gluten-free Mediterranean recipe for Sicilian Purslane Salad, which includes wild or foraged purslane, lettuce, cherry tomatoes, olives, capers, balsamic vinegar and olive oil.
Ingredients
- 2 cups assorted baby lettuce leaves
- 1 small bunch purslane (about 2 cups)
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved (or 1 large tomato, sliced)
- 1 cup olives (Greek, Sicilian, or Italian)
- 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed, drained
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, as desired
Instructions
- Place lettuce greens in a salad bowl or platter.
- Clean purslane and remove leaves. Add to lettuce greens.
- Add tomatoes, olives, and capers and toss together gently.
- Drizzle with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Sprinkle with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper as desired.
- Serve immediately.
- Prep Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Salad
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 60
- Sugar: 1 g
- Sodium: 288 mg
- Fat: 5 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Carbohydrates: 4 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 1 g
I made this salad yesterday to take to a friend’s dinner party. I subsituted the baby lettuce with fresh herbs, parsley, oregano, fennel fronds and chives. It was delicious and everyone enjoyed it.
I will make this again and again.
I love purslane and am always looking toward ways of using it. You’re right, one needs to be careful when gathering it “wild” because its favorite places to grow are on disturbed margins. Next time I find some that I know is clean and without extra additives (such as a dog leaving an internet message around, ha ha) I will give this a try. BTW, I really love your flatware used in the gorgeous photos… the black scrolled ends are a nice touch. I’m curious where you found them.
Ingredients call for 1 bunch purslane but what yield are you expecting? I want to take a salad from the purslane weeds in our community garden to a garden potluck (hoping it will be tasty consciousness raising😆) but need to be able to scale it based on what hasn’t been weeded out. Hope you can help! Thx
This is a very good question! Please use about 2 cups purslane for this recipe.