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Grandma's salad

This salad harks back to the ones French grandmas used to make: green beans and potatoes (preferably still warm) mixed with diced cheese, parsley and chopped onion in a good vinaigrette dressing.

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Last modified on: September 29^th 2021

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For 8 people, you will need:

1 1 kg 400 g green beans
2 8 potatoes
3 2 reds onion
4 2 bunches parsley
5 100 g Comté cheese
6 10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 3,180 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	30 min.	54 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 1 min.

Prepare 1 kg 400 g green beans and reserve.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Plunge 8 potatoes into the same cooking water as the beans (there are no small savings) and cook until tender.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, prepare 2 reds onion and chop finely.

Chop 2 bunches parsley.

Put into a salad bowl.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Dice 100 g Comté cheese.

Stage 5 - 1 min.

Add to the bowl.

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Cut the green beans into short lengths...

Stage 7 - 1 min.

..and add to the bowl.

Stage 8 - 4 min.

Once the potatoes are cooked, peel them.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Slice and add to the bowl.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Add 10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette), mix well and your "grandma's" salad is ready.

Remarks

It's important to try and make this a warm salad, with both the beans and potatoes still warm from cooking, served without delay.

If you don't have Comté cheese, any other hard-paste cheese you like will do fine.

Keeping

Best eaten immediately but will keep in the fridge for later.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,100 Kcal or 12,979 Kj	94 gr	368 gr	139 gr
115 %	27 %	26 %	16 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
97 Kcal or 406 Kj	3 gr	12 gr	4 gr
4 %	1 %	1 %	<1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
387 Kcal or 1,620 Kj	12 gr	46 gr	17 gr
14 %	3 %	3 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 8 people : 8.17 £
Per person : 1.02 £

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: French bean salad with vinaigrette , Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Green beans "Napoléon", Green bean and potato salad with paprika, Macédoine of vegetables, ... All
	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Triple-Cheese Pumpkin Gratin, Bistro celery salad, Green bean and potato salad with paprika, Hearty potato and ham gratin, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tahitian salad, Warm scallop and cabbage salad, Nanou's red cabbage salad, Mixed salad, Corn salad with croutons, ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salt cod brandade, Kale and potato soup, Mushroom velouté, Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Chilli langoustines, ... All

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