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    Smoked chicken and pawpaw salad with pistachio pesto

    Serves: 4
    Cooking Time: 10 mins

    Ingredients

    • PESTO
    • 250ml (1 cup) fresh coriander
    • 250ml (1 cup) shelled pistachio nuts, dry roasted
    • 2 – 3 garlic cloves
    • 125ml (½ cup) extra virgin olive oil
    • zest and juice of 1 lime
    • 60ml (¼ cup) Parmesan, grated
    • salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
    • 4 smoked chicken breasts
    • 2 pawpaws, sliced
    • 20 large strawberries, washed and hulled
    • 100g micro greens or baby salad leaves
    • 2 limes, cut into wedges

    Instructions

    1

    To make the pesto, whiz all the ingredients together in a food processor and season.

    2

    Arrange the chicken and salad ingredients on plates or a platter, drizzle with the pesto and serve with the lime wedges.