French Bean And Parmesan Salad

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 tablespoon tarragon vinegar
• 1 teaspoon dijon mustard
• 1 egg yolk
• 100 ml olive oil
• 3 tablespoons grated parmesan cheese
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 200 g french beans
• 1 medium fennel bulb
• 4 cups small salad leaves (rocket and watercress work well)
• 2 slices bread
• oil, for frying
• parmesan cheese, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 trim the beans and boil them for 4-5 minutes until just tender.
• 2 drain under cold water.
• 3 halve the fennel bulb and shred it finely.
• 4 make the dressing by whisking the vinegar, mustard and egg yolk together.
• 5 season with salt and pepper and then beat in the oil and cheese until it is thick and creamy.
• 6 squeeze in the lemon juice and then set aside for a few minutes.
• 7 cut the bread into small squares and fry in shallow oil until golden.
• 8 drain on paper towel.
• 9 mix the salad leaves, beans and fennel together with the dressing.
• 10 pile on plates and shave a bit more parmesan over the salad.
• 11 sprinkle the hot croutons over the salad and eat immediately.