AFFORDABLE PESTO BUTTERBEAN SALAD
Author: The Knobbly Plate
Recipe type: Salad
Cuisine: British
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Serves: 4 Persons
- 1 Jar of Green Pesto
- 100g Dried Butter Beans
- ½ Bag of Rocket
- 1 Lemon
- Drizzle of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
- 2 tsp Pomegranate Seeds
- 2 tsp Pumpkin Seeds
- 1 Lemon
- 6 small Carrots
- Soak the butter beans overnight and then cook according to packet instructions. Usually Boil for 10 mins and then Simmer for 30mins.
- Toss the butter beans in half the jar of pesto and set aside for 30 mins to let the beans take on the flavour of the pesto.
- Meanwhile quarter the carrots length ways and drizzle over some olive oil and roast in a hot oven until slightly charred.
- Mix up all the other salad ingredients and arrange on a plate.
- Top with the butter bean mixture and scatter the roasted carrots on top.
- Squeeze a lemon over the salad to dress and season with salt and pepper.
Recipe by The Knobbly Plate at http://theknobblyplate.co.uk/?p=60
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