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Italian Bean Salad
Food Ingredients:
1 pound Dried White Beans Note 1 1 lrg Onion White Or Yellow, Chopped 3 Cloves Garlic Rough Chopped 6 cups Water 1 Bay Leaf Salt 2 Cloves Garlic Minced 1/4 cup Red Wine Vinegar 1 medium Red Onion Thin Slice 2 tablespoons Lemon Juice 1 tablespoon Balsamic Vinegar 1 teaspoon Dijon Mustard 1 Red Bell Pepper Cut In 1″ Slices 1/4 cup Chopped Fresh Basil Or Chopped Parsley Or Combo 1 teaspoon Chopped Fresh Sage Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Recipe preparation:
1 Note 1: OR borlotti beans, washed, picked over and soaked overnight or for at least 6 hrs 2 Serve this delicious salad warm in the winter or chilled in the summer. It makes a wonderful main dish. 3 Drain the beans and combine with the white or yellow onion, the chopped garlic, the water and the bay leaf in a large, heavy-bottomed soup pot. 4 Bring to a boil, reduce the heat, cover, and simmer for 1 hr. Add salt to taste and half the minced garlic, cover and cook 30 min to an hour, or until tender. Drain, reserving the cooking liquid. 5 Meanwhile, combine 1 Tbsp red wine vinegar and 1 C water in a bowl; add the red onion. Add more water to cover if necessary and soak 30 min. 6 Drain. 7 Mix together the lemon juice, vinegars, remaining garlic; mustard and 3/4 C cooking liquid from the beans. Add salt and pepper to taste and adjust the seasonings. Toss with the beans in a salad bowl, along with the red onion, bell pepper, herbs, pepper and more salt to taste. Serve warm or chilled. 8 Serving Size: 1 CMake 5 CServes 6 – 8
Recipe source: Foodista recipe
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