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The Fair Trade Cook Book
The FAIRTRADE COOKBOOK
Fair Trade Recipes for a Fairer World


Full of Beans Salad

A nice variety of flavours and textures is achieved by the mixture of different types of beans. Whilst ascribed as English , we are sure that this dish and variants appears in many places.

Ingredients

50 gm French green beans or dried peas
25 gm dried haricot beans or cannelini
175 gm red kidney beans
30 ml finely chopped parsley
30 ml FAIRTRADE Brazil Nut oil
15 ml Vinegar
Salt and FAIRTRADE black pepper
50 gm onion finely chopped
50 gm gherkin, sliced
4 sticks celery, chopped
FAIRTRADE Sources
Spices
Brazil Nut Oil
Pulses

Method

Soak the peas and beans overnight.
Drain, cover with cold water, bring to the boil in a covered pan and cook fast for 15 minutes, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook for a further 45 - 50 minutes, or until tender.
Drain, and leave covered in cold water.
Mix the parsley, oil, vinegar, salt and pepper well in a large salad bowl, add the remaining ingredients plus the drained beans.

To serve

Toss well before serving.
Serve with hunks of fresh wholemeal or multi-grain bread, and butter.

Variations

Substitute Fair Trade black beans (Suma) for the red kidney beans.