Name: Green Bean and Radicchio Salad
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Ingredients: 1 pound small tender green beans, like haricots verts (trimmed); 1 cup thinly sliced radicchio; 1/3 cup walnuts (toasted and roughly chopped); 4 ounces crumbled goat cheese; 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice; 1 small clove garlic (finely minced); 3 tablespoons olive oil; salt and pepper to taste

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Green Bean and Radicchio Salad

From Raising the Salad Bar, Catherine Walthers, Lake Isle Press, NY, 2007, p 229.

Prep Time30

Total Time30

Course: <= 30 Min to Table, Gluten Free, Prepare Ahead - Serve Later, Side Dishes - Salads, Side Dishes - Vegetables, Vegetarian

Servings: 6 servings

Author: Catherine Christiano

Ingredients

Salad

1 pound small tender green beans, like haricots verts trimmed
1 cup thinly sliced radicchio
1/3 cup walnuts toasted and roughly chopped
4 ounces crumbled goat cheese

Lemon Dressing

1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1 small clove garlic finely minced
3 tablespoons olive oil
salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Use steamer to cook green beans until tender crisp, about 4 -5 minutes. Cool under cold water. Drain, pat dry with towel.
To remove bitterness from radicchio, add cold water to the bowl of salad spinner, place radicchio in basket and immerse for 10 minutes. Drain water, spin dry.
In serving bowl, combine beans and radicchio.
In small bowl, combine dressing ingredients; whisk together.
Just before serving, add dressing to salad and toss. Sprinkle top with toasted walnuts and goat cheese and serve.