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Green Beans, Cheese And Olive Salad Recipe
by Global Cookbook

Green Beans, Cheese And Olive Salad
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  Servings: 6

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

  1. In a large mixing bowl, combine mustard, vinegar, oil and 1 tsp. salt.
  2. If you like, pit the olives.
  3. Sort the beans by thickness, making several separate piles.
  4. 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.
  5. Drain the beans well and quickly toss them in the vinegar and oil dressing with the parsley and garlic.
  6. Sprinkle cheese and black olives over the beans. Correct seasoning with salt and freshly grnd pepper.