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Paimpol salad

This warm Paimpol salad captures the flavours of Brittany with mussels and white beans. These are combined with crunchy slices of baby courgette.

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Last modified on: August 7^th 2019

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For 6 people, you will need:

1 300 g white haricot beans
2 300 g mussels
3 1 spring onion (scallion)
4 200 g courgette
5 2 slices bread
6 30 g butter
7 parsley
8 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 1,130 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
12 hours 47 min.	35 min.	13 hours 22 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 12 hours

The day before, put 300 g white haricot beans to soak in cold water overnight.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Also the day before, or when you start the recipe, prepare and cook 300 g mussels, as for mussels marinière, for example.

Stage 3 - 30 min.

Cook the pre-soaked beans in boiling water until tender.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Drain and keep hot.

Stage 5 - 4 min.

Thinly slice 1 spring onion (scallion).

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Rinse and slice 200 g courgette – choose baby courgettes if possible that are still nice and crunchy.

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Dice 2 slices bread...

Stage 8 - 5 min.

...and fry in a frying pan with 30 g butter until golden brown.

Stage 9 - 2 min.

Put the beans into a salad bowl (while still hot, if possible) with the courgettes, spring onion and chopped parsley.

Stage 10 - 2 min.

Then add the croutons (also still hot, if possible) and the mussels.

Stage 11 - 1 min.

Finish by adding 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette). Mix well and serve without delay.

Remarks

Of course, for this recipe to be authentic it needs Paimpol coco beans, but any similar beans will do fine, such as white haricot or the "lingots du nord" shown in the photos.

Keeping

Should be eaten immediately.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,591 Kcal or 6,661 Kj	98 gr	159 gr	96 gr
80 %	38 %	15 %	15 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
141 Kcal or 590 Kj	9 gr	14 gr	9 gr
7 %	3 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
265 Kcal or 1,110 Kj	16 gr	26 gr	16 gr
13 %	6 %	2 %	2 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Mollusc, Gluten, Milk, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 3.41 €
Per person : 0.57 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	White haricot beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Warm white bean salad with smoked trout, White bean gratin "à l'italienne", How to prepare white beans, Minestrone, Cornouaillaise salad, ... All
	Mussels: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Normandy seafood stew, Curried mussels with cabbage, Breton style shellfish and vegetable soup, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Mussels marinière, ... All
	Courgette: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Vegetable rosette tart, Langoustine gratin, Vegetable tian, Small green vegetables in Mornay sauce, How to prepare courgettes, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Asparagus "en petit pois", Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Little lemon biscuits, Warm white bean salad with smoked trout, Beurre d'escargot, ... All

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