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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
4,649 Kcal or 19,464 Kj	141 gr	552 gr	209 gr
232 %	54 %	52 %	32 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
97 Kcal or 406 Kj	3 gr	12 gr	4 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
387 Kcal or 1,620 Kj	12 gr	46 gr	17 gr
19 %	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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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Green bean and potato salad with paprika, Green beans with tomato cream sauce, Pork sautéed with green beans, Asian style, Minestrone, Cherry tomato and green bean salad, ... All
	Comté cheese: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spinach and Comté Loaf, Fried cheese toasties with avocado, Potato gratin, Comtoise endive salad, Special Cheese and Walnut Sticks, ... All
	French dressing (vinaigrette): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Warm lentil salad, Warm chicken salad, Bistro-style cabbage salad, White asparagus salad, French bean salad with vinaigrette , ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hearty potato and ham gratin, Auvergne gratin, Normandy seafood stew, Pan-baked hash brown (Hash-brown casserole), Potato and broccoli gratin, ... All

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