Mary Berry served up a tasty midsummer asparagus, goats’ cheese and fig salad on Mary Berry’s Country House Secrets.

The ingredients are: 100g podded broad beans (or 600g if in pods), 2 Little Gem lettuces, cut in half lengthways, then into 8 thin wedges, 60g bag salad leaves, 6 just-ripe fresh figs, tops removed, quartered, 100g firm goats’ cheese, peeled and crumbled, 250g asparagus, tips cut off, stalks cut into diagonal pieces and selection of purple micro herbs.

For the dressing: 1 tsp lemon juice,
1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp Dijon mustard, 1 garlic clove, crushed, 1 tbsp finely chopped chives, 6 tbsp olive oil and salt and freshly ground black pepper.

See mary’s recipes in her new book titled: Mary Berry’s Complete Cookbook: Over 650 recipes, available from Amazon now.