Description
This recipe's full name is lynne's homage to california cuisine: garlic bread, green bean and tomato salad and it is from "the italian country table: home cooking from italy's farmhouse kitchens" by lynne rossetto kasper.
Just add some cheese to the salad to make it a complete meal. Lynn suggests using chunk of vela dry jack.
Ingredients
- Garlic Clove
- Green Beans
- Salt Water
- Grain Bread
- Tomatoes
- Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- Red Wine Vinegar
- Salt & Freshly Ground Black Pepper
Instructions
- Rub a serving bowl with the garlic, reserving half the clove
- Drop beans into boiling water and boil, uncovered
- Taste after 5 minutes
- When tender and beginning to lose their crispness, drain and sprinkle with salt
- Turn into the bowl
- Rub the warm toast with the reserved garlic and tear into irregular, bite-sized pieces
- Add tomatoes
- Gently toss with olive and vinegar
- Season with to taste salt and pepper
- Serve at room temperature