Name: Broad bean & courgette salad
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 8 baby or 4 medium courgettes; 200g podded broad beans about (1kg/2lb 4oz unpodded weight); 2 tbsp olive oil; 10 walnut halves, roughly chopped; 1 tbsp white wine vinegar; 50ml olive oil

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Broad bean & courgette salad

Broad bean & courgette salad

Angela Hartnett

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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A superhealthy salad by Angela Hartnett which makes the most of one of summer's most splendid ingredients - broad beans

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Ingredients

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8 baby or 4 medium courgettes
200g podded broad beans

about (1kg/2lb 4oz unpodded weight)
2 tbsp olive oil
10 walnut

halves, roughly chopped

For the vinaigrette

1 tbsp white wine vinegar
50ml olive oil

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal245
fat23g
saturates3g
carbs5g
sugars2g
fibre4g
protein5g
salt0.01g

low

Method

step 1

To make the vinaigrette, whisk the white wine vinegar and olive oil together with some seasoning, then set aside. Boil a pan of water, add the broad beans and boil for 2-3 mins. Drain and plunge into iced water, then leave to cool a little before removing the skins.
step 2

Cut the baby courgettes into 4-5 pieces on the diagonal. If you are using medium courgettes, cut into four lengthways and slice into 5mm thick pieces.
step 3

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over a medium heat, add the courgettes. Cook, stirring for 5-8 mins, until they are a light golden colour. Add the broad beans and some seasoning, and cook for another 30 secs. Remove from the heat and stir in the vinaigrette while still warm. Serve with the chopped walnuts scattered over.

RECIPE TIPS

KNOW-HOW

Buy broad beans still in their pods, which should be firm and crisp; any that are soft were picked a while ago and are past their best. Store in a paper bag in the fridge for up to five days and pod when needed. If young and fresh, they need only brief cooking and are a treat to eat raw. Once cooked, remove the skin to ‘double pod’ the beans, revealing two tiny beans inside.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2011

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