“When it comes to Italian food it’s a bit of a struggle sometimes to find beautiful, light, crunchy salads, because they don’t tend to do a lot of those,” says Chris Lucas, the restaurateur behind Melbourne restaurant Baby. “We wanted to create a dish that we thought would be popular here in Australia, but draw on some of the beautiful flavours from Italy.”
The dish has proven so popular at Baby that the team had to give it a promotion. “It started off as a side, and people were just ordering it on its own,” Lucas says. “Now we’ve made it a central dish under our salad section. We’ve had lots of people get inspired and try it at home.”
If you are having it as a side, Lucas recommends serving it with a pizza. “The acidity and the crunchiness of the salad helps with the doughiness of the pizza, so it’s an all-round dish.”
Baby’s Cabbage and Pea Salad
Serves 6
15 minutes to prepare
Ingredients
*Sala
