Sugar snap pea salad with spicy cream cheese balls

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 250 g sugar snap peas
• 1 head of lettuce, e.g. Lollo biondo
• 1 carrot(s)
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 3 tbsp pine nuts
• 2 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tsp honey
• Freshly ground white pepper
• Salt
• 1 bunch of basil
• 1 shallot(s)
• 200 g cream cheese

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 15 minutes

Wash and trim the snow peas, then blanch in boiling salted water for 10 seconds, place in ice water, and drain well. Sort the lettuce and tear into pieces, wash, and drain well. Peel and grate the carrot. Dry roast the pine nuts in a non-stick pan. Finely chop the basil leaves and dice the shallot very finely. Mix the cream cheese with the basil and diced shallots, season with salt and pepper. Form the cream cheese into small balls. Mix the lemon juice with salt, pepper, and honey, then whisk in the olive oil. Mix the vinaigrette with the snow peas and lettuce and serve on plates. Place the cream cheese balls on top and sprinkle with the pine nuts. Serve with: crusty baguette.