Tomato, Red Onion & Bean Salad

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Tomato, Red Onion & Bean Salad

I love a salad of ripe tomatoes, with a simple dressing of extra virgin oil and salt, leaving the juice of the tomatoes to do the rest. Adding some crushed pulses is a great way to pick up the juices. You can also swap out the beans for your preferred - butter beans, black beans or red kidney beans would also be delicious. Recipe adapted from 30 Plants by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall, Bloomsbury Publishing.

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Ingredients

  • tomatoes 350 g (chopped)
  • red onion ½ (sliced)
  • chilli flakes 1 tsp
  • extra-virgin olive oil 3 tbsp
  • lemon 1 (zest & juice)
  • cannellini beans 400 g (drained)
  • fresh mint 10 g (sliced)

Method

  • Chop the tomatoes and slice the red onion.
  • Put the tomatoes and red onion into a medium bowl and season with salt, pepper and the chilli flakes.
  • Add the extra virgin olive oil and toss together.
  • Zest and juice the lemon.
  • Add the cannellini beans with a good squeeze of lemon juice, and a few gratings of lemon zest too if you like. Toss together and leave to mingle for 10 minutes or so.
  • Just before serving, slice the fresh mint into ribbons and add to the salad with another glug of extra virgin olive oil.

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