Roasted Bell Pepper and White Bean Salad

Serves 6

Bean salads are high fashion. Combine the beans with roasted peppers and dress with a dressing that will cater for vegetarian guests as well.

Recipe Category

Salads

Products in this recipe

Vegetable Spice, Roasted Red Pepper Pesto, Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette

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You will need

Main Dish

3 red bell peppers
Ina Paarman’s Vegetable Spice
400 g tin of small white Borlotti beans (drained)
⅓ cup (80 ml) calamata olives, pipped
1 small punnet of rocket

Dressing

¼ cup (60 ml) Ina Paarman’s Classic Balsamic Vinaigrette
2 – 3 T (30 – 45 ml) Ina Paarman’s Roasted Red Pepper Pesto
2 T (30 ml) chopped parsley

Ina’s Tip

Instead of Borlotti Beans use Butter Beans.

Method

Adjust the oven rack to the middle position. Preheat oven to 200°C. Place peppers on a baking sheet and roast for ± 30 minutes until blistered. Cover a bowl with a plate on top to steam the peppers and loosen the skins. Leave to stand for ± 10 minutes. Pull off the skins and remove stems, cores and pips. Slice into thin strips. Season with Vegetable Spice. Toss together peppers, drained beans and olives. Mix dressing ingredients together and leave to stand.