Oranges – Fruity White Bean Salad

Summary

Ingredients

• 150 g beans, white, dried, soaked overniht
• 4 bay leaves, fresh
• 1 sprig rosemary
• 3 garlic clove (s), whole, with skin
• 1 chilli pepper (s), size depending on heat and individual taste
• 1 piece (s) orange peel, from an untreated one
• 1 leek, only the white one, alternatively: bunch spring onions
• 1 orange (s), the fillets it
• 1 red pepper (s), peeled and finely diced
• 1 bunch coriander greens, chopped, alternatively: parsley or fennel greens
• 1 piece (s) lemon (salty lemon, from my profile) cut into small s

For the vinaigrette:

• 4 tablespoon orange juice
• 1 tablespoon vinegar (cider)
• 1 teaspoon mustard (Dijon mustard)
• 6 tablespoon olive oil
• sea-salt
• pepper
• nutmeg

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Instructions

1. Pour off the water from the beans soaked overnight, add three times the volume of fresh water, season with coarse sea salt, add bay leaves, garlic, rosemary, chilli and orange peel and cook for about 45 minutes. Simmer the beans only slightly and try them every now and then towards the end of the cooking time, they should be soft but not overcooked.
2. In the meantime, cut the leek into fine rings, sauté in a little oil and allow to cool, peel and dice the peppers, fillet the orange (while collecting the juice for the vinaigrette).
3. Drain the boiled beans, the remaining liquid can be used for a soup, for example.
4. Carefully mix in the orange fillets, leek strips, bell pepper, salted lemon and coriander greens and pour the vinaigrette over them.
5. The salad tastes best when it is well drawn, but it should not be eaten fridge-cold, but rather lukewarm or room temperature.
6. If you adapt the ingredients to the seasonal offer, this salad is an extremely inexpensive dish.
7. Since it is not worth boiling 150g of beans, I always prepare a whole package (500g) and use the remaining beans for a stew, bean puree or a bean spread (can also be found in my profile).
8. The specified amount is enough for our appetite as a side dish to a light main course or as dinner, together with a piece of bread.