Parma Ham and Fig Salad

Ingredients

1 fig per person

2 pieces of fresh Parma ham per person

1 ball soft buffalo mozzarella per person

Candied cashews crushed into dust for the plate

Green oil

Edible Flowers

Method

Slice the fig and mozzarella into discs pieces, making sure not to break either of the ingredients. The whole idea of this dish is to keep the ingredients in circular shapes, this helps with the presentation of the dish

To candy the cashew nuts, heat some caster sugar in a non stick frying pan, and when it starts to caramelize, pour it over non salted cashew nuts that are on a lined tray. Let the caramel set over the nuts, then using something hard, crush the candied nuts and caramel. It does not have to look like dust, roughly crushed it better because it gives the plate more textures.

To plate, place the Parma Ham slices onto the plate, in the centre. On top of that, alternating between the fig and mozzarella, place 2 slices of the fig and cheese, garnish the plate with  drizzle of green oil, candied cashews and fresh colourful edible flowers

Bon Appétit