Delia Smith's totally different Christmas recipes: Christmas coleslaw

By DELIA SMITH

4-star Slaw: This festive coleslaw can be made well ahead of Christmas day


This is our favourite coleslaw, which we have improved from a recipe called 4-Star Slaw in the first book.

If you mix the cabbage, celeriac and carrots with a little salt and lemon juice overnight it draws the excess liquid out of the vegetables, which means the finished salad keeps much longer, so you can make it well ahead.


SERVES 8-10

INGREDIENTS
225g (8oz) celeriac, peeled and coarsely grated
225g (8oz) carrots, peeled and grated
225g (8oz) white cabbage, finely shredded
1 tablespoon lemon juice
6 spring onions (including the green parts), finely chopped
Poppy seeds, to garnish
For the dressing
150ml (5fl oz) soured cream
2 cloves garlic, crushed
2 tablespoons mayonnaise
2 tablespoons natural yoghurt
1 teaspoon mustard powder
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon white wine vinegar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
Salt flakes
Seasoning


METHOD
The night before, place the prepared celeriac, carrots and cabbage in a large bowl with 1 tablespoon of lemon juice and 1 rounded teaspoon of salt. Toss them around, then cover the bowl and chill overnight.

Next day drain the vegetables in a colander, place a clean tea towel over them and press well to get all the liquid out.

To make the dressing, combine the soured cream with the garlic, mayonnaise, yoghurt and mustard powder. Then mix together the oil, vinegar and lemon juice and gradually whisk these into the soured cream mixture. Taste and season as required.

Then, to prepare the salad, simply put the vegetables in a bowl, pour over the dressing and toss with forks to mix thoroughly.

Taste to see if it needs more seasoning, then cover and chill. Just before serving, toss the slaw again and sprinkle with the poppy seeds.

Extracted from Delia's Happy Christmas by Delia Smith, published by Ebury at £25. © 2009. To order a copy for £18.99 (p&p free), call 0845 155 0720. For more recipes, visit www.deliaonline.com


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