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Green Beans, Cheese And Olive Salad
Ingredients
- 2 lb Haricots verts or possibly young green beans
- 1 tsp Mustard
- 4 tsp Red wine vinegar
- 5 Tbsp. Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 tsp Salt
- 3/4 c. Black olives, nicoise or possibly gaeta preferred
- 1/3 c. Chopped parsley
- 2 x Cloves garlic, (large), chopped
- 1/2 c. Gruyere or possibly Parmesan cheese, grated Freshly grnd black pepper
Directions
- In a large mixing bowl, combine mustard, vinegar, oil and 1 tsp. salt.
- If you like, pit the olives.
- Sort the beans by thickness, making several separate piles.
- In a large pan, bring several qts of water to boil. Add in salt, if you like. Plunge the thickest beans into the boiling water first. Count 1 minute after the water boils again and add in the smaller beans in turn. Boil the beans till just cooked through but still crisp.
- Drain the beans well and quickly toss them in the vinegar and oil dressing with the parsley and garlic.
- Sprinkle cheese and black olives over the beans. Correct seasoning with salt and freshly grnd pepper.
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