Salad Bretonne

Ingredients

• one pound of white beans
• two quarts of water
• add a little salt
• one carrot
• one onion
• one bouquet garni
• two tomatoes peeled and cut in small squares
• one teaspoonful of salt
• one-half teaspoonful of fresh-ground black pepper
• one-third cup of white wine vinegar
• two-thirds of a cup of olive oil
• a little chopped parsley
• Some chopped chives may also be added if desired

Method

1. 1

   Soak white beans overnight.

2. 2

   Boil in water with salt, carrot, onion, and bouquet garni until soft.

3. 3

   Remove vegetables, drain beans, and cool.

4. 4

   In a salad bowl, mix beans with tomatoes, seasonings, and oil.

5. 5

   Mix on the table.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Hotel St. Francis cook book (1919) by Hirtzler, Victor., page 142. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Salad Bretonne. Soak one pound of white beans in cold water over night. Then put on fire in two quarts of water, add a little salt, one carrot, one onion, and a bouquet garni. Cover, and boil until soft. Then remove the vegetables, drain off the water, and set the beans in a cool place. When cold put them in a salad bowl, and in the center place two tomatoes peeled and cut in small squares. Sprinkle with one teaspoonful of salt, one-half tea- spoonful of fresh-ground black pepper, one-third cup of white wine vinegar, two-thirds of a cup of olive oil, and a little chopped parsley. Some chopped chives may also be added if desired. Mix on the table. Chicken soup, Bresilienne. One pint of consomme tapioca, one pint of thick consomme brunoise, and the breast of a fowl cut in small squares. Bring to a boil, and serve. Striped bass, Buena Vista. Put in a wide copper fish pan one cup of olive oil, two sliced onions, two sliced green peppers, and then fry. When done add four cloves of chopped garlic and let it set in the hot oil for a second; then add a pint of claret, one dozen sliced fresh mushrooms, six peeled and sliced tomatoes, and one-half canful of sliced pimentos. Bring to a boil, and then add five pounds of striped bass cut in slices two inches thick. Season with salt, pepper, and a little paprika ; cover, and simmer for thirty minutes. Cut eight slices of bread the same thickness as for toasting, and fry in hot oil. Rub the fried bread with a piece of garlic, lay on a deep platter, put the fish on top of the toast, pour sauce over the fish, and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Chicken fricassee, a 1'ancienne. Cut a young roasting chicken in eight pieces, wash well, and put in a pot in one quart of cold water. Season with salt, bring to a boil, and skim. Then add one-half pint of small peeled white onions, one pint of small round raw Parisian potatoes, one pound of parboiled salt pork cut in small dices, and one bouquet garni

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