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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.

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Last modified on: September 29^th 2021

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 2 kgs 100 g green beans
2 12 potatoes
3 3 reds onion
4 3 bunches parsley
5 150 g Comté cheese
6 15 tablespoons French dressing (vinaigrette)
Total weight: 4,770 grams

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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 1 - 1 min.

Prepare 2 kgs 100 g green beans and reserve.

Stage 2 - 30 min.

Plunge 12 potatoes into the same cooking water as the beans (there are no small savings) and cook until tender.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Meanwhile, prepare 3 reds onion and chop finely.

Chop 3 bunches parsley.

Put into a salad bowl.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Dice 150 g 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 15 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.

Keeping

Best eaten immediately but will keep in the fridge for later.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
5,018 Kcal or 21,009 Kj	141 gr	552 gr	249 gr
251 %	54 %	52 %	38 %

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 %

% 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: Milk, Sulfites, Mustard

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 14.30 €
Per person : 1.19 €

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