Cool Citrus Coleslaw - This Summer's Perfect Slaw Recipe

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The summer solstice is here. Today is the longest day of the year, with more hours of daylight than any other in the UK. Ofter termed midsummer, in fact, the summer is only just beginning. And summer food to me means salad. 

Not a warm salad that we’ve enjoyed over winter, but a dish that is crispy, fresh, tasty, light but also filling. So here is a delicious recipe for a cool citrus coleslaw.


Cool Citrus Coleslaw - with Red cabbage, carrot and red onion - this Summer's Perfect Slaw Recipe


Salad is a cold dish of various mixtures of raw or cooked vegetables, usually seasoned with oil, vinegar, or other dressing. On of my favourite salads is coleslaw or ‘slaw’ as it now tends to be described on menus. The perfect accompaniment to so many meals including burgers, pizza, hot dogs, sandwiches and BBQs.

Coleslaw is a salad consisting primarily of finely shredded raw cabbage and dressed with either a mayonnaise or a vinaigrette style dressing. 

When I was a child coleslaw could often be too dry or too gloopy. Too much mayonnaise totally covering the vegetables or not enough and it just being dry, raw veg. However ‘slaw’ has had a renaissance in our house with the discovery of the citrus dressing for this recipe for Cool Citrus Coleslaw.

Cool Citrus Coleslaw


Cool Citrus Coleslaw - with Red cabbage, carrot and red onion - this Summer's Perfect Slaw Recipe


Ingredients:

  • ½ red cabbage
  • 1 red onion
  • 4 carrots
  • 1 clove of garlic, chopped
  • 1 pinch of chilli flakes
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
Cool Citrus Coleslaw - with Red cabbage, carrot and red onion - this Summer's Perfect Slaw Recipe



Method: 

  1. Finely slice the onion, shred the cabbage, grate the carrot and mix these ingredients together.
  2. Add the chopped garlic, chilli flakes to the oil and lemon juice together and shake before pouring over the vegetables, and mix gently but well.
  3. Place in fridge for half an hour to let the flavours combine before serving.



Red or White Cabbage


White cabbages rather than green are usually favoured in coleslaw but I prefer, red. It brings a vibrancy as well as crunch to the dish. If red cabbage is too sweet for you though try half and half with white cabbage. The same can be said for the onion too but if you really don’t like raw onion try spring onion as an alternative.


Cool Citrus Coleslaw - with Red cabbage, carrot and red onion - this Summer's Perfect Slaw Recipe


How to cut


I slice, shred and grate by hand. A Food Mixer can be used but I like the course texture of the coleslaw that making by hand creates.


Cool Citrus Coleslaw - with Red cabbage, carrot and red onion - this Summer's Perfect Slaw Recipe

How to dress


Although a good creamy coleslaw can be delicious, once I'd discovered the citrus version I’ve never gone back. It is tangy, tasty and a good coleslaw for a hot day – let’s hope we have many more this summer.


Cool Citrus Coleslaw - with Red cabbage, carrot and red onion - this Summer's Perfect Slaw Recipe

How to serve


A great accompaniment to a traditional green salad or delicious served with any main dish be it vegan, vegetarian, pescetarian or meat.

We have already enjoyed this summer’s slaw with jackfruit burgers, carrot and chickpea burgers, aubergine katsu curry, with mushroom quesadillas and as part of a family pizza night. 

Add some grated cheese (vegan or non-vegan) and it’s a ready-made cheese savoury sandwich filling too.


Cool Citrus Coleslaw - with Red cabbage, carrot and red onion - this Summer's Perfect Slaw Recipe


Summer doesn't end until Friday 22 September 2017, so plenty of time to enjoy it yet!

How do you eat your coleslaw?

Deb x


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10 Comments

  1. So colourful and really brightens up bbq food and winter grills. Love it. Elinor x

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  2. I'm not a fan of coleslaw, I don't like mayo or salad cream but this has definitely given me some ideas on how to make something similar!!

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  3. looks lush. you know I don't think i've ever made my own coleslaw

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  4. Oh that sounds and looks super tasty! I absolutely love red cabbage so I'm going to give this a go :-)

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  5. This looks really nice! I'm not a big salad fan but only really because I'm so unadventurous with my choices x

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  6. My partner LOVES coleslaw so I'll pass these recipes on to him, I'm sure they will be appearing at dinner soon!

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  7. While this does look lovely. I'll struggle to get my family to eat it.

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  8. I'm a little bit obsessed with coleslaw and this looks so tasty! x

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  9. Looks and sounds lovely :) will have to give this a try x

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  10. Looks delicious will have to try it x

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