The Everlasting Meal Cookbook

Tamar Adler · The Everlasting Meal Cookbook

A note from Nigella This lovely recipe appears in Tamar Adler’s book rather in the form of a suggestion, which is to say without specific amounts to allow, wisely, for maximum flexibility. I have no desire to subvert that but, with the generous permission of the author, I've rejigged it a little just so that it can be incorporated into the nigella.com recipe format, and I have also supplied a photograph I took of the dish as I made it. I didn’t include the olives or parsley that were among the optional ingredients, and added some thinly sliced radishes and a scattering of pomegranate seeds, just because I had both in the fridge, and thought they’d go perfectly — and they did. The recipe as written could be made for any amount, but having made this using one unripe nectarine masquerading as a billiard ball and half a fennel bulb (everything else went in without regard to measurements) I’d say that it would serve 3-4 as a side salad, but I have pressing plans to make it without the sha