Butter Bean And Tuna Salad Recipe
Yield: 2 ServingsRecipe by luhu.jp
Ingredients:
400 gram: Butter Beans, Canned
185 gram: Tuna, Canned
1 medium: Tomato,
1 tbsp: Capers,
sm Parsley, Bunch
1: Cos Lettuce Heart,
FOR VINAIGRETTE
1 tbsp: Red Wine Vinegar,
Salt and Black Pepper,
1 pinch: Sugar,
1 tsp: Dijon Mustard,
2 tbsp: Olive Oil,
1 medium: Shallot OR,
4: Spring Onions AND,
1: Garlic Clove,
Directions:
Tip the butter beans into a sieve or colander and rinse thoroughly to get
rid of any traces of their rank soaking liquid. Shake dry and tip into a
mixing bowl.
Drain the tuna and break into chunks over the beans. Season with black
pepper and a little salt.
Quarter the tomato lengthways, remove seeds and core and slice each quarter
into 3 or 4 strips. Dice.
Give the capers a good squeeze to get rid of most of their soaking liquid.
Pick the leaves from the parsley and coarsely chop: you want a couple of
tablespoonfuls. Add tomatoes, capers and most of the parsley to the salad.
Shred the lettuce, rinse and shake dry.
Now make the vinaigrette. Peel and finely dice the shallot. If using spring
onions and garlic, trim the spring onions and finely slice the white part.
Peel and finely chop the garlic. Dissolve the sugar and salt in the
vinegar. Season generously with black pepper, stir in the mustard and the
the shallot or onion and garlic. Stir in the olive oil, added in a trickle.
Pour the vinaigrette over the bean mixture and toss well. Place the
shredded lettuce in the bottom of a salad bowl or on two plates, spoon the
beans over the top and garnish with the reserved parsley.
Source: Lindsey Bareham, London Evening Standard.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Mark Alexander on 1998t,
Source from luhu.jp
rid of any traces of their rank soaking liquid. Shake dry and tip into a
mixing bowl.
Drain the tuna and break into chunks over the beans. Season with black
pepper and a little salt.
Quarter the tomato lengthways, remove seeds and core and slice each quarter
into 3 or 4 strips. Dice.
Give the capers a good squeeze to get rid of most of their soaking liquid.
Pick the leaves from the parsley and coarsely chop: you want a couple of
tablespoonfuls. Add tomatoes, capers and most of the parsley to the salad.
Shred the lettuce, rinse and shake dry.
Now make the vinaigrette. Peel and finely dice the shallot. If using spring
onions and garlic, trim the spring onions and finely slice the white part.
Peel and finely chop the garlic. Dissolve the sugar and salt in the
vinegar. Season generously with black pepper, stir in the mustard and the
the shallot or onion and garlic. Stir in the olive oil, added in a trickle.
Pour the vinaigrette over the bean mixture and toss well. Place the
shredded lettuce in the bottom of a salad bowl or on two plates, spoon the
beans over the top and garnish with the reserved parsley.
Source: Lindsey Bareham, London Evening Standard.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest by Mark Alexander
Source from luhu.jp
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