Pistou Salad

‘Pistou is really a Provençal soup made in a similar way to minestrone, but much simpler and without the dried haricots or butter beans. It’s usually made with potatoes, French beans, onions and tomatoes, then finished with garlic, basil and Gruyère.

Well, I decided to take some of those flavours and treat this dish almost like a pistou/minestrone - no strict rules but containing the bare* essentials. All these flavours except the salad leaves can be made into a soup with the additi