Green Bean & Arugula Salad With Ricotta Salata
"The Runner-Up recipe for 1998 in the San Francisco Chronicle, from Janet Fletcher."
- Ready In:
- 25mins
- Ingredients:
- 9
- Serves:
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8
ingredients
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The Vinaigrette
- 2 tablespoons champagne vinegar
- 2 large shallots, minced
- 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 3 tablespoons walnut oil
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
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The Salad
- 1 1⁄2 lbs French haricots vert, blossom ends trimmed
- 1⁄2 lb baby arugula
- 4 ounces pecorino romano cheese or 4 ounces ricotta salata
- 4 dozen nicoise olives
directions
- To prepare the vinaigrette, combine the vinegar and shallots in a bowl. Whisk in the oils. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside for 30 minutes.
- For the salad: Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add the haricots verts and cook until they are just tender, about 5 minutes. Drain well and dry thoroughly in a dish towel.
- In a large bowl, combine the beans, arugula and dressing. Toss well. Taste and adjust the seasonings. Using a cheese plane, shave the cheese into the bowl in paper-thin slices. Toss gently to break the cheese up slightly. Transfer to a serving bowl or platter. Scatter the olives around the salad.
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Reviews
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What a lovely salad! I had all ingredients on hand - I used pecorino Romano - and loved how easily to put together this was. We had this for dinner for our 16th wedding anniversary today :) Thanks for sharing! -
This salad recipe was so attractive that I went shopping to buy the ingredients I didn't have. I prepared boiling the beens only for a short time letting them "al dente" and more delectable.<br/>I had rucola in the garden, but the quantity would not serve 4 peoples without the suggested green beans. We enjoyed it all very much!<br/>Thanks a lot Ev for one more of your fantastic recipes,
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I suffer from compulsive obsessive behaviour with regard to food and my psychiatrist thought it would be a good idea to find a 'society' where many have the same problem and try to find a cure.
So far, I've copied a couple of thousand recipes from this site and my psychiatrist has thrown the towel in and refuses to answer the phone when I call.
What did I do wrong?
Got 3 kids that keep me on the go - 10 and under at this point (2008) - I may not get round to updating this for a few years, so you'll have to do your own maths.
I teach English full-time and Greek Cookery part-time. I would like to make the cooking part of it full-time and the English Grammar part of it part-time.
That's all for now.
