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Fiddlehead fern Salad (Ensaladang Pako)
A crisp and refreshing salad with fiddlehead fern (vegetable fern) as the main ingredient, made tangy and flavorful with white vinegar, sugar and salted eggs.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 14 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
4
- 2 cup fiddlehead fern (- young fronds)
- 3 medium tomatoes (- sliced thinly)
- 1 large onion (- sliced thinly)
- 2 salted egg (- cut into cubes)
- 2 tbsp white vinegar
- 1 tsp sugar
- fresh ground pepper
Instructions
- 1
Soak the collected tips of vegetable fern young fronds in cold water for some minutes and rinse well. You may also blanch them in boiling water beforehand.
- 2
In a small bowl, dissolve sugar in vinegar and add fresh ground pepper. Set aside.
- 3
In a big bowl, mix the fern, tomatoes and onions.
- 4
Pour in vinegar mixture and toss until well mixed.
- 5
Add the salted eggs and toss one last time.