Ingredients
- 8 eggs
- 1 cup ice-cubes
- 400g sweet potato, peeled, cut into thin rounds
- 1 Lebanese cucumber, peeled, sliced
- 1 red onion, halved, thinly sliced
- 100g baby spinach leaves
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1 avocado, sliced
- 100g shaved ham
- 8 large cos lettuce leaves
- CITRUS DRESSING
- 2 teaspoons finely grated lemon rind
- 1 teaspoon finely grated orange rind
- 1/2 cup lemon juice
- 1/3 cup orange juice
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- salt and pepper to taste
Method1 Place eggs in a single layer in a medium saucepan. Cover with 4cm of cold water. Bring to boil. Remove from heat and cover, stand for 12 minutes. Fill a medium bowl with 1 litre (4-cups) of cold water. Add ice-cubes. Transfer eggs to iced water using a slotted spoon. Stand for 5 minutes before peeling. Cut eggs in half.
2 Cook sweet potato on a heated, oiled grill pan (or grill or barbecue) for about 5 minutes or until browned all over and tender.
3 To make citrus dressing, combine all ingredients in a small bowl, mix well.
4 Combine sweet potato, cucumber, onion and salt and pepper in a large bowl. Drizzle with half the citrus dressing and toss well.
5 Spoon sweet potato mixture into lettuce leaves and top with avocado, eggs and ham.
6 Serve salad drizzled with remaining dressing.