Warm white bean salad with smoked trout

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 400 g white beans
• 2 200 g smoked trout fillet
• 3 1 shallot
• 4 1 knob butter
• 5 herbs of your choice
• 6 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
• Total weight: 710 grams

Times:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
20 min.	15 min.	1 hour 1 min.	1 hour 30 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: The day before, soak 400 g white beans in a bowl of cold water overnight.
  The next day, drain.
• 2: Cook them in a large pot of boiling salted water, over a low heat, until tender.
• 3: Drain again.
  Set aside.
• 4: Cut 200 g smoked trout fillet into strips.
  Set aside.
• 5: Prepare 1 shallot and chop.
• 6: Melt 1 knob butter in a small frying pan over medium heat, then add the minced shallot.
  Cook for 1 minute maximum, without browning.
• 7: Add the trout strips and barely cook, 1 minute or 2, they should just become opaque.
  Remove from heat.
• 8: Pour the carefully drained beans into a bowl.
• 9: Add the trout, then the coarsely chopped herbs.
• 10: Pour in 5 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette), mix well and your salad is ready.

Remarks

Smoked trout can be replaced by other smoked fish, salmon of course, but also haddock.
The mini-cooking of the trout in step 7 is not absolutely essential if you prefer it just smoked.

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