Simple salads: fig, ham and mozzarella salad
Fabulous figs
I love the rich purple hue of fresh figs
I am LOVING the fresh figs we seem to be able to get hold of at the moment.
Perfect with mozzarella
They’re juicy, plump and packed with flavour.
I threw this salad together in five minutes when I unexpectedly ended up working from home yesterday and needed to raid the fridge for something quick and easy to make.
When it comes to salads, I’m a bit of a purist. I don’t really like fancy sauces and I hate an over piled plate – I just think salads should be kept as simple as possible.
Can’t claim this combo as my own as I’ve eaten variations of this fig salad in restaurants but it normally calls for parma ham. I’m not flash or rich enough to have parma ham just sitting around in my fridge (wish I were though :)) but the good old sandwich ham we had in the fridge today worked just as well, at a fraction of the cost too.
A quick and simple 5 minute fig, ham and mozzarella salad
Even my husband, who’s never really taken an interest in fresh figs before, actually turned around and said they were ‘really nice’, praise indeed for the humble and underrated fig. 🙂
Fig, ham and mozzarella salad. Great for lunch. Great for dinner.
Fig, ham and mozzarella salad (perfect for 2)
2 handfulls of freshly washed baby salad leaves
2-3 fresh figs, cut into sections
1/2 ball of mozzarella (either buffalo or a very good,creamy mozzarella), roughly torn into small segments
1 slice of ham, torn or cut into strips
Olive oil
Balsamic vinegar
Divide your salad ingredients evenly between 2 plates and drizzle over with olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Finish with a twist of ground black pepper. That’s really it.
5 minutes is all it takes to throw this salad together.
Lots of love
thebigfatnoodle
thebigfatnoodle 
What a good idea to mix figs and mozzarella! I’ll have to try that soon.
I’m falling in love with your flavors! very interesting! LOVE the balsamic vinegar touch (had it in mind even before I finished reading!)
Thank you, it’s very simple but it works 🙂
Love this idea, I can’t wait to try it. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you. Always happy to share 🙂
I enjoy a nice simple salad. I’ve never had fresh figs, they look yummy. Fig rolls are deeelish.
Oh please do try it. I didn’t try one for ages but once I did, I wish I’d dared to much earlier!
This salad looks beautiful – it’s hard to beat the taste and allure of fresh fig in the fall… These rich purple ones are particularly gorgeous. Balsamic is a nice pairing.
Thanks. It was so yummy we bought some more this weekend and are planning to eat this salad again tomorrow 🙂
So Simple and oh so DELICIOUS:)
it was hehehe 🙂
Really good looking salad TBFN! Thanks for another great recipe 🙂
Thank you 🙂
I absolutely love this combination of ingredients and will be having this salad after next trip to the grocery. Please have figs! Thought of you this AM when I decided to make a coconut milk based soup for dinner.
Hi lulu, thanks so much, hope what you made was yummy 🙂
Beautiful salad! There are lots of figs in the market right now – this is a perfect easy meal.
Thanks, my husband’s even happy to have it again, which is a definite result fir a quick hit! 🙂
Oh my goodness—that looks absolutely delicious. Am going to stay with my mum this weekend…and she’s got a fig tree, so think it could be on the menu! Thanks for the inspiration. x