Paimpol salad

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 6 people, you will need:

• 1 300 g white 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

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
12 hours 50 min.	35 min.	13 hours 25 min.

Step by step recipe

1	The day before, put 300 g white beans to soak in cold water overnight.
2	Also the day before, or when you start the recipe, prepare and cook 300 g mussels, as for mussels marinière, for example.
3	Cook the pre-soaked beans in boiling water until tender.
4	Drain and keep hot.
5	Thinly slice 1 spring onion (scallion).
6	Rinse and slice 200 g courgette – choose baby courgettes if possible that are still nice and crunchy.
7	Dice 2 slices bread...
8	...and fry in a frying pan with 30 g butter until golden brown.
9	Put the beans into a salad bowl (while still hot, if possible) with the courgettes, spring onion and chopped parsley.
10	Then add the croutons (also still hot, if possible) and the mussels.
11	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.

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