Italian Green Bean Salad

Total Time: 32 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 7 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 lbs green beans, trimmed
• 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
• 1 tablespoon stone ground mustard
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 9 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large red onion, peeled, quartered and thinly sliced
• 1 cup pine nuts, toasted
• salt & freshly ground black pepper
• 1 large head radicchio
• 1 large head bibb lettuce

Recipe

• 1 cook beans in 2 quarts boiling, salted water until crisp-tender, about 7 minutes.
• 2 drain and rinse well under cold water; drain again and pat dry.
• 3 combine vinegar,mustard and salt in medium bowl.
• 4 slowly whisk in oil in thin stream.
• 5 combine beans, onion and 1/2 cup pine nuts in large bowl; mix in vinaigrette.
• 6 season to taste with salt and pepper and let marinate 15 to 30 minutes.
• 7 alternate radicchio and bibb lettuce leaves over large platter.
• 8 mound bean mixture in center, sprinkle with reserved pine nuts and serve.