Ingredients for Artichoke and Borlotti Bean Salad
- 3 water glasses (about 200 ml / 3/4 cup + 1 tbsp each) cooked borlotti beans
- 3 artichokes
- 1 dry onion
- 1 red pepper
- 1 handful parsley
- 1 tea glass (about 100 ml / 1/3 cup + 1 tbsp) vegetable oil
- 1 lemon
- Salt
How to Make Artichoke and Borlotti Bean Salad
Boil 3 artichokes in salted, lemon-infused water in a pot. Once drained, transfer the artichokes to a bowl and dice them into cubes, then drain the cooked borlotti beans and pour them over the artichokes. Finely dice 1 onion and 1 red pepper and add them on top. Chop 1 handful of parsley, then squeeze 1 lemon over the salad. Add 1 tea glass of vegetable oil and salt, then toss the entire mixture together and serve on a salad plate. Enjoy!...
About This Recipe
Artichokes — the purple-crowned jewels of spring.
According to mythology, the artichoke was once a mortal woman beloved by Zeus. He transformed this beautiful mortal into a goddess and brought her to Mount Olympus, home of the gods. One day, this mortal beauty grew homesick and slipped away without Zeus's knowledge to visit her family. Enraged by this, Zeus cast her from Olympus back down to earth. And so, Cynara — the most beautiful, most extraordinary flowering plant in the plant kingdom — is said to be the stunning mortal hurled to earth by Zeus's fury.
