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.
28K 4 4.3
Last modified on: September 29th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
6 cups green beans - 2
8 potatoes - 3
2 reds onion - 4
2 bunches parsley - 5
½ cup Comté cheese - 6
10 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 24 min. | 30 min. | 54 min. |
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Step by step recipe
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.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Dice ½ cup 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.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 8 people : 9.53 €
- Per person : 1.19 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Minestrone, Green beans "Napoléon", Mexican-style pork medallions , French bean salad with vinaigrette , How to prepare green beans, ... All |
 | Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken Brussels pie, Gratin of Jerusalem artichokes à la Comtoise, Montlebon toast, Potato gratin, Jura bread, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Springtime mixed salad, Chicken and Avocado Salad, Cubed salad, Salad paysanne, Valay salad, ... All |
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Seafood sauerkraut, Creamy "terre et mer" pots, Alsatian-style salad, Truffade, Kale and potato soup, ... All |
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