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.
31K 4.3/5 based on 4 reviews
Last modified on: September 29th 2021
Keywords for this recipe:For 8 people, you will need:
- 1
0 kg 6 g 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 will 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 |
| 3,346 Kcal or 14,009 Kj | 94 gr | 368 gr | 166 gr |
| 167 % | 36 % | 35 % | 25 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 105 Kcal or 440 Kj | 3 gr | 12 gr | 5 gr |
| 5 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 418 Kcal or 1,750 Kj | 12 gr | 46 gr | 21 gr |
| 21 % | 5 % | 4 % | 3 % |
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: Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Green beans with tomatoes, Green bean and potato salad with paprika, French bean salad with vinaigrette , Green beans with tomato cream sauce, ... All |
 | Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Courgettes (zuchinis) , Hasselback or "Swedish-style" potatoes, Salmon and spinach quiche, Cubed salad, Soft Croque-monsieur with 3 cheeses, ... All |
 | French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Crunchy spring salad, Beetroot and fried chicken salad, Eggs with mayonnaise, Leeks in vinaigrette , Corn salad with croutons, ... All |
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Gratin Comtois, Salt cod brandade, Home-made potato crisps , Potato purée , Pork roast with herbs, ... All |
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