Warm Green Bean, Garlic and Potato Salad

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4–6

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Times Cookbook

By Frances Bissell

Published 1995

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Ingredients

  • 1 lb / 455 g new potatoes, scrubbed
  • 2–3 heads of garlic,

Method

Drop the new potatoes into a large saucepan of boiling, lightly salted water. Add the garlic after 5 minutes. Add the beans after another minute or so. Bring everything back to the boil and simmer until the vegetables are just tender. Drain and toss in the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, and add a little vinegar. Tear the basil leaves, and stir these into the salad. Serve warm or tepid,