Tomato Savory And French Bean Salad
From jimrug1 15 years ago
- 8 minutes to make
- Serves 4
As with all Tomato salads, this salad depends on garden ripe Tomatoes. Savory and Green Beans go quite well together and is a nice variation on the traditional Tomato/Basil combination.
Ingredients
- SALAD: shopping list
- 1lb string beans shopping list
- 2 lbs tomatoes shopping list
- 3 scallions, cut on a bias into 1inch pieces shopping list
- 1 Tbls toasted pine nuts shopping list
- 4 sprigs fresh savory, torn into smaller pieces shopping list
- DRESSING: shopping list
- 2 Tbls extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- juice & Zest of 1 lime shopping list
- 3 oz blue cheese shopping list
- 1 clove Garlic, crushed shopping list
- salt & pepper to taste. shopping list
How to make it
- Make the dressing first so it can stand for a while.
- Place all ingredients in a food processor and blend until the Blue Cheese has been finely chopped and you have a smooth dressing. Pour into a pitcher and set aside.
- Top and tail the beans and boil in salted water until they are crisp tender. (5-8 minutes). Place into an ice water bath until they have completely cooled.
- If Tomatoes are large, slice them, if they are small, you can quarter them.
- Combine, Green Beans, Tomatoes, and Scallions in a shallow serving bowl and toss gently with hands. Pour on the dressing. Sprinkle with Pine Nuts followed by the Savory.
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This is awesome! Can't wait to try it.
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The fresh herbs enhance the ripe tomato and beans love those pine nuts. I love making this with a side of some sort of tortellini salad. Can not wait until summertime so I am going to make this with organic ripe tomatoes they will have to do until th...more
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