This broccoli salad earns its spot on the braai table, crisp broccoli, salty bacon and toasted sunflower seeds tossed in a tangy LANCEWOOD® Sour Cream & Chives dressing that keeps things interesting bite after bite.
Sweet dried cranberries, sharp LANCEWOOD® Cheddar and crunchy bacon all sit together in the same bowl, none of them backing down, so every forkful lands a little differently. Left raw, the broccoli keeps its bite even after the salad has been sitting out for a while.
It survives a long braai afternoon without wilting, exactly the sort of side you want sitting on the table while everyone else is still waiting for the meat.
The broccoli is used raw, not blanched or boiled, which keeps the salad crunchy and means there is no cooking beyond frying the bacon.
Fry the bacon until crispy, then mix LANCEWOOD® Sour Cream & Chives DIP&TOP with sugar and vinegar for the dressing. Toss the broccoli, red onion, sunflower seeds, dried fruit, cheddar and half the bacon in the dressing, then top with the rest of the bacon.
Yes. It comes together in under 15 minutes, with no cooking beyond frying the bacon.
Yes, the recipe lists dried cranberries or raisins as interchangeable, so either works.
It is best mixed shortly before serving, since the bacon loses its crunch if it sits in the dressing too long. Fry the bacon and make the dressing ahead, then toss everything together just before serving.
15 ml oil
200 g rindless streaky bacon, chopped
175 g LANCEWOOD Sour Cream & Chives DIP&TOP®
60 ml sugar
45 ml white wine vinegar
300 g broccoli
approx 2 heads cut into small pieces with stalks removed
1 red onion(s), finely chopped
80 ml sunflower seeds, toasted
80 ml dried cranberries or seedless raisins
125 g LANCEWOOD® Cheddar, cut into small cubes
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