White Bean Salad With Green Olives

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CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains	Niger	Toohot09	4	Servings

INGREDIENTS

1 1/2	c	Dry white beans, soaked
		overnight
1		Yellow onion, peeled
		halved
		and stuck with
2		Whole cloves
1		Bay leaf
1	t	Salt
1/2	t	Freshly-ground black pepper
1/2	c	Green Spanish olives, pitted
		and sliced
2		Red peppers, roasted
		seeded
		and diced
1		European seedless or 6 Kirby
		cucumbers peeled
		seeded
		and diced
1		Scallions, washed sliced
		thin
6		Italian Roma tomatoes
		cored seeded
		And diced
1		Fresh parsley leaves, cut
		chiffonade
3	T	Sherry vinegar
1/2	c	Extra-virgin olive oil

INSTRUCTIONS

Drain, rinse and drain white beans. Place in a medium heavy saucepan
and add onion halves (with cloves), bay leaf, and enough water to
cover by an inch. Bring to the boil, reduce to barely a simmer, cover
and cook 20 minutes. Add salt and pepper, and a little more water if
none is visible when you tilt the pan, and cook another 20 to 30
minutes until beans are creamy inside but still intact. Drain and
remove onions and bay leaf. Let cool. Place white beans in a large
bowl with olive, peppers, cucumbers, scallions and tomatoes. Make
vinaigrette by placing vinegar in a small bowl and slowly drizzling  in
olive oil while whisking to form an emulsion. Pour vinaigrette  over
beans and vegetables, add parsley, and stir well. Taste and  adjust
seasoning if necessary. Serve at room temperature. This recipe  yields
4 servings.  Recipe Source: TOO HOT TAMALES with Susan Feniger and Mary
Sue  Milliken From the TV FOOD NETWORK - (Show # TH-6322 broadcast
01-21-1997) Downloaded from their Web-Site - http://www.foodtv.com
Formatted for MasterCook by MR MAD, aka Joe Comiskey -
jpmd44a@prodigy.com  01-28-1997  Recipe by: Susan Feniger and Mary Sue
Milliken  Converted by MM_Buster v2.0l.

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 64 Calories From Fat: 26 Total Fat: 3g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 617.6mg Potassium: 439.3mg Carbohydrates: 9.2g Fiber: 3.4g Sugar: <1g Protein: 2.3g