curly salad with green beans and currants it is a tasty combination of raw and cooked vegetables, tied together with a dressing aromatic and very tasty. Recipe very easy and fast for a side original rich in well-being.
Ingrediants
- 1 head of curly salad
- 200 g of green beans
- 100 g of currants
- 5-6 mint leaves
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- pepper
curly salad of green beans and currants is a very pleasant combination of vegetables. No vinegar in the ingredients, but a condiment made with currant juice whose acidulous tip gives the salad a pleasant original note. curly salad of green beans and currants is ideal like side for a second dish of fish, salmon in particular.
THE green beans compared to other legumes they bring fewer calories, contain less protein and carbohydrates and are much richer in water. They are consumed only cooked and to better preserve their organoleptic characteristics, our advice is to just blanch them or steam them for a few minutes, so as to maintain their color as well.
They are always an excellent ingredient for amixed salad with cooked and raw vegetables. In the salad of green beans, feta and walnuts, for example, they are the perfect counterbalance to red onion. If you are looking for other simple but tasty ways to prepare a garnish of green beans here are the green beans au gratin, the recipe for green beans and potatoes and the very tasty green beans with tomato and pecorino cheese.
OTHER TASTY RECIPES: Rich salad, Agretti salad, Cucumber and pear salad, Salad with eggs, bread and almonds
How to prepare: Curly salad with green beans and currants
- Execution
- easy
- Preparation time
- 20 min
- Cooking time
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10 min
- Portions
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4
- Total time
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20 min
How to prepare: Curly salad with green beans and currants
Making this curly salad with green beans and currants is quick and easy. Chop the green beans and boil them in water until they are cooked al dente, then drain and let them cool. They must have a firm consistency. In a small bowl, crush two tablespoons of black currant, then with a colander strain the juice obtained by collecting it in another bowl. Pour in five tablespoons of oil, add salt, pepper and the hand-chopped mint then emulsify everything well by beating the sauce with a fork.
Combine the peeled and chopped curly salad and the green beans cut into chunks in a salad bowl.
Dress with the currant sauce, mix well and spread over the remaining currants.
Complete to taste with another ground pepper and immediately serve curly salad with green beans and currants.
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