Broad Bean Salad

Broad Bean Salad
  • Author: sara66

Blanching the broad beans in boiling water for 2 minutes helps to retain their vibrant green color and adds a slight tenderness to them. Remember not to overcook them! Make sure to have a bowl of ice water ready to immediately plunge the beans into after boiling to stop the cooking process.

— Constant Cookbook

Ingredients

  • Serves 2:
  • 700g broad beans (before shelling)
  • 2 rasher lean bacon
  • 1 tablespoon mixed herbs (tarragon, marjoram, parsley). If using dried herbs, soak first
  • 4 spring onions finely chopped
  • Crisp lettuce leaves
  • Light option French dressing
  • 2 seabass fillets pan fried
  • new potatoes/mint
  • Cook bacon till really crisp and crumble into little pieces
  • Cook beans in a little salted water for approx 2 mins then chill in iced water and shell them-reheat for 1 to 2 minutes
  • Mix the herbs and dressing
  • Drain beans and toss in dressing while still warm
  • When cool, serve on a bed of leaves and sprinkle with the spring onion and bacon
  • We cheated and used a Light Options french dressing rather than making from scratch
  • Serve with seabass fillets and new potatoes

Instructions

  • blanch bean in boiling water for 2 minutes

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Yield

Serves 2