Athenian Plaka Salad

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Athenian Plaka Salad

 

Recipe By :More Recipes from a Kitchen Garden by Shepherd and Raboff

Serving Size : 4 Preparation Time :0:00

Categories : Beans Vegetables

 

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method

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1 pound fresh green beans -- ends trimmed

DRESSING:

3 tablespoons white wine vinegar

1 tablespoon lemon juice

1 garlic clove -- minced

4 scallions (white part only) -- finely chopped

(Reserve greens for garnish)

1/3 cup finely chopped fresh mint leaves

1/3 cup chopped fresh Greek basil

1 tablespoon chopped fresh oregano

1/3 cup olive oil

salt and fresh ground pepper -- to taste

1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese

1/2 cup toasted slivered almonds

2 hard-boiled eggs -- chopped fine

GARNISH:

reserved scallion greens -- chopped

 

Combine dressing ingredients well and reserve.

 

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Put in green beans and cook

until just tender-crisp, about 4 to 5 minutes. Drain beans in a colander and

plunge immediately into ice water to stop cooking action. Drain on paper towels.

Mix dressing thoroughly with beans.

 

Arrange beans in a pinwheel fashion on a large platter. Mound crumbled feta in

center of platter and surround with nuts and chopped eggs and sprinkle with

scallion greens.

 

Basil, Greek " Windowbox " -- Truly a bonsai basil with compact, neat 6 to 8

inch, umbrella-shaped plants and small (1/2 inch) leaves bursting with flavor

and fragrance; has pungent peppery aroma. Stir into dishes with grains and into

dishes with rice.

 

Description:

" Room temp: one of many variations: green beans, mint, basil, oregano, feta,

almonds, eggs "

Copyright:

" 1995 Renee Shepherd "

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 412 Calories; 34g Fat (70.8% calories

from fat); 13g Protein; 19g Carbohydrate; 9g Dietary Fiber; 123mg Cholesterol;

255mg Sodium. Exchanges: 1/2 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 2 Vegetable; 0 Fruit;

6 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

 

NOTES : Beautiful to look at and delicious to eat, the heart flavor of this

traditional Mediterranean salad is a real crown pleaser. [Plaka is a tiny

village about five miles north of the town of Elounda, on Crete.]

 

 

Nutr. Assoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4151 87 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2130706543

 

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