Butter Bean and Courgette Ribbon Salad
by Bold Bean Co
Fresh, light and zingy, just what you need for a summer salad. This salad is fairly stripped back on ingredients, so we recommend sourcing the biggest, juiciest beans (such as our Queen B's) for this recipe to really make each component sing. Omit the parmesan and keep it vegan!
Method
Based on 2 servings, adjust as needed.
Step 1
Trim the ends off the courgettes. Using a flat vegetable peeler, peel the courgettes lengthways into ribbons (a mandoline would be very useful for this job, if you have one). Continue to peel until you reach the core of the courgettes. You may find this leaves a lot of courgette remaining, but we recommend cutting the core into strips and charring these chunks to toss into the salad.
Step 2
Place the courgette ribbons in a colander over a bowl, season with salt and allow to stand to extract the excess water for roughly 2-3 minutes.
Step 3
In a small mixing bowl, add the lemon juice, crushed garlic (add the whole clove, if you’re a garlic fan), olive oil and balsamic vinegar and stir to combine. Cut down on the balsamic, if you don’t like it too sharp, or add more lemon juice instead.
Step 4
Add the courgettes to a large serving bowl or platter and grate over the lemon zest.
Step 5
Add the butter beans to the bowl, tear in the fresh basil, the chopped mint leaves, the rocket and toss everything together. Drizzle over the dressing and toss thoroughly to coat.
Step 6
Finish by sprinkling over the toasted pine nuts and, using a peeler, shave over some veggie parmesan cheese.
- Ingredients
- Based on 2 servings
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1 Jar Queen Butter Beans, drained 1x Bold Bean Co Queen Butter Beans 570g -
50g Veggie Parmesan Cheese, or vegan alternative 1x Stamford Street Co. Italian Hard Cheese 200g -
60g Fresh Rocket 1x Sainsbury's Wild Rocket 60g -
30g Basil, leaves picked 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Basil 30g -
1 tbsp Balsamic Vinegar 1x Sainsbury's Balsamic Vinegar Of Modena 1 Leaf 250ml -
10g Fresh Mint, roughly chopped 1x Sainsbury's Fresh Packed Mint 30g -
50g Toasted Pine Nuts 1x Sainsbury's Toasted Pine Nuts 100g -
0.5 Clove Garlic, crushed 1x Sainsbury's Garlic -
2 Courgettes 2x Sainsbury's Courgettes Loose -
1 Lemon, juice and zest 1x Sainsbury's Lemons -
3 tbsp Extra Virgin Olive Oil 1x Sainsbury's Olive Oil, Extra Virgin 1L