White bean salad

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 500 g white beans, soaked for 1 day
• 1 onion(s)
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 carnation(s)
• ¼ cup vinegar
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 bunch of chives
• 1 onion(s)
• 100 g bacon
• 100 ml vegetable oil
• 50 ml vinegar (herb vinegar)
• 2 boxes of cress
• Sugar
• salt and pepper

Instructions

Working time approx. 25 minutes; Total time approx. 25 minutes

Cook the beans, which have been soaked overnight, in 500 ml of water, the onion studded with a bay leaf and a clove, salt, and vinegar over low heat for about 60 minutes. Drain the cooked beans in a sieve. Finely chop the chives and the other onion. Fry the diced bacon in a pan until crispy and drain on kitchen paper. Mix the finely chopped onion, vegetable oil (I use olive oil), herb vinegar, chives, 2 pots of cress, a little sugar, salt, and pepper to make a vinaigrette. Fold in the beans and add the rendered bacon. Mix everything well. The salad tastes just as good lukewarm as it does cooled. It’s delicious grilled.