Green Tea Salad Dressing

Photo: flickr user Max Kiesler

Ingredients

1 teaspoon Green tea leaves, (gyokuro is best but Sencha or Gunp

100 ml Hot water, (3 1/2fl oz)

1 teaspoon Caster sugar

2 Strips lemon zest

Salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 tablespoons Hazelnut oil

2 teaspoons White wine vinegar

Preparation

Infuse the tea leaves in the hot water (don't use boiling water) for 5 minutes then strain into a pan. Add the sugar and bring to the boil and simmer until the liquid is reduced to 2-3 tbsp. Add the strips of lemon zest and leave to infuse until cold.

Remove the lemon zest, add the oil, vinegar, salt and pepper to the liquid and whisk.