White Bean and Tomato Salad
I have been thinking a lot about this month’s event Jihva for Tomatoes, organised by RP of My Workshop, as i make so many things with tomatoes but this time i wanted to try something new, different and so nutritional and so here it is:
my entry to JFI: Tomato hosted by Wonderful RP of My Workshop
I have always stuck to my own comfort levels and traditions and was not willingly ready to experiment with things totally unknown or may be I heard a lot about them but never knew what to do with it.
I was going thru my cookbook and suddenly this wonderful white bean and tomato salad caught my eye with this incredible ingredient in it and that’s Anchovies
Many, many recipe use anchovies for a punch of flavour where the anchovies are neither recognizable visually nor by the taste buds. Anchovies are often that secret ingredient that you just can’t put your finger on, the one that really makes the recipe pop as I had them in many wonderful dishes of Italian cuisine.
I geared up myself to endeavour this Salad made with luscious tomatoes and wonderful white beans.
Amazingly, it came out as wonderful as I kept on having couple of spoonfuls before it actually went onto the dining table.
My family were quite apprehensive to see this salad served with a salient fried salmon fillet but they were totally bowled over by so many wonderful ingredients that went into it like rosemary, parmesan cheese and anchovies.
They were so suffused that they hardly noticed whats going on around them .
So I guess that tells a lot about this wonderful salad and my experience in trying something new every week!!!!From now on, it will be one new thing a week which I had never even attempted to discover my cooking skills and going out of my comfort zone and reaching out other wonderful cuisines!!
If you’ve ever grown cherry tomatoes in your garden, you know how wonderfully prolific they can be in summer time. The following salad combines the sweetness of cherry tomatoes with white beans and parsley.
1 can of white beans(Canellini beans, drained and rinsed)
Add the other garlic, anchovies, parmesan cheese, salt, pepper, lemon zest, and lemon juice to a food processor. Make it very smooth.
In a medium bowl, gently fold the garlic mixture in with the beans until they are well coated. Let sit for a few minutes for the beans to absorb. Gently mix in the reserved olive oil, tomatoes, and parsley and serve with fish or on its own!!
Stumble it!
March 29th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
Oh that looks divine~~~
I will give that a go, thanks!
Sammi
March 30th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
thank u sammi for dropping and do try this salad, it was a hit in my family!!
March 30th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
Nice idea Padmaja, tomato and beans…I’ve been eating tomato salad since the last two days and its no surprise that it’s tomatoes on my homepage too!
April 10th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Hi Padmaja,
Nice colorful dish and a very healthy recipe. Thanks for stopping by at my blog.
cheers
rajani
April 14th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
Hi,
First time to ur blog……Ur salad looks lovely……
June 28th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
Each visit to your blog is an inspiration. Tomoatoes and white beans salad looks healthy and tasty.