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Fig & Green Bean Salad

July 30, 2013 by Judy Lyness 3 Comments

It’s no secret that fresh figs are one of my favorite fruits.  In fact, figs are part of this wonderful appetizer…

Picture Courtesy of Louise Mellor
Picture Courtesy of Louise Mellor

…As well as the main ingredient of this fresh fig tart.

Fresh fig and mascarpone tart--Two Broads Abroad
Fresh fig and mascarpone tart–Two Broads Abroad

So imagine how thrilled I was when I got to whisk away an entire case of Kadota figs courtesy of California Fig Board at our last FBLA meeting.  My brain exploded with ideas.  And I wasn’t the only one.  Valentina of Cooking On The Weekends came up with this lip smackingly good Fig Upside Down Cake.

But I wanted to retain the freshness of the figs so I thought salad.

Photo Two Broads Abroad
Photo Two Broads Abroad

After thumbing through “My Calabria” and, what seemed to be a natural choice, “A Platter of Figs” I found inspiration from Thomas Keller’s “Ad Hoc at Home”.  I have simplified Chef Keller’s recipe.  The only ingredient you have to cook are the fingerling potatoes.  So it makes the perfect summer salad.  Enjoy.

Photo Two Broads Abroad
Photo Two Broads Abroad

FIG AND GREEN BEAN SALAD

  • ½ bag of frozen French green beans thawed
  • 6 fingerling potatoes boiled and sliced
  • ¼ red onion sliced
  • 6 medium sized radishes sliced
  • 1 handful of walnuts
  • 6 figs of your choice quartered
  • Zest and juice of one lemon
  • Drizzle of lemon olive oil or olive oil
  • Sea salt
  1.  Put first five ingredients in medium sized bowl.
  2. Add zest, lemon juice, salt and pepper toss.
  3. Place on serving dish
  4. Arrange the figs around the salad (you don’t toss because the figs are very delicate and tend to smush)
  5. Drizzle a bit of lemon olive oil over the salad
  6. Sprinkle sea salt.

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Filed Under: Easy, FBLA, Salad, Vegan, Vegetables Tagged With: black mission fig. mascarpone, Californian Figs, Cooking on the Weekends, figs, kadota figs

Comments

  1. Valentina says

    July 30, 2013 at 3:41 PM

    These figs were so delicious. And beautiful! Thanks for mentioning my cake. All of these recipes are mouth-watering.

    Reply
  2. Dorothy at ShockinglyDelicious says

    July 30, 2013 at 7:52 PM

    Stunningly beautiful salad!

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  3. Kelli says

    August 9, 2013 at 11:13 AM

    Fab!

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