Big Forking Salads

Grilled Feta, Blistered Grapes and Seared Cucumber

I’m unofficially calling this a grilled BFS (Big Fucking Salad) because we get our BBQ next week so I had to settle for a cast iron sear on my glass cooktop. -_-

Rest assured, the grilling intention was omnipresent throughout my cook.

Here’s how I prepared this delicately delicious salad that uses Middle-East and Mediterranean ingredients and influences.

Prepare your ingredients:

Soak your grapes in vinegar and water for 20 minutes to clean them. I used 10 grapes for 1 salad portion. Keep them whole.

Cut 1/2 a cucumber into long triangles, salt them.

Cut your feta cheese (1/2 block) into even size triangles or squares.

Start your grill or cast iron pan on medium high heat, add a bit of oil and wipe it down with paper towel.

Once hot, add a tbsp of olive oil.

Add your cucumber, grapes and feta to the pan and let cook for approx 5 min on one side before turning and tossing.

While it’s cooking, wash and cut your lettuce of choice, I used iceberg.

The feta will release from the pan when it’s ready to flip. Let everything cook for another 3-5 minutes before plating.

Once ready, grab a bowl or plate containing your lettuce and add the grilled cucumber, grapes, feta and fresh mint if you have it! The grilled cucumber tastes like a crunchy small zucchini and it is divine!!!

I added grilled pumpkin seed and a homemade dressing with sumac, honey, chili flake, fennel and chive vinegar. (Recipe coming soon!)

Once assembled, the salad is ready to devour, please enjoy.

Tag Cuisinique if you make your own version of a BFS, would love to see it!