Rose Elliot - Rose Elliot’s New Complete Vegetarian

This traditional French salad is a delicious variation on the classic green salad. Simply add 125–175g (4–6oz) diced Gruyère cheese. If you can’t find a vegetarian Gruyère, you could use vegetarian Emmental or even Edam, which are much more widely available.

This dish is best made well in advance to allow the flavours time to blend. You can dress the salad while the beans are still hot, leave it to cool, then chill before serving. It makes a good first course or addition to a salad selection, or can be served with hot garlic breadand a green salador tomato salad.

SERVES 4–6

225g (8oz) dried haricot beans, soakedand cooked or use 2 × 400g cans

1 tsp sugar

5 tsp mustard powder

1 garlic clove, crushed

salt and freshly ground black pepper

2 tbsp red wine vinegar

6 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil

2 heaped tbsp chopped fresh herbs (such as chives, parsley, chervil, tarragon and dill)

Drain the beans, rinsing the canned ones (if using).

Put the sugar, mustard and garlic into a bowl with a little salt and a grinding of pepper. Blend to a paste with the vinegar, then gradually stir in the oil to make a dressing.

Add the herbs and the beans and mix well. Allow to cool, then chill in the fridge before serving.

So simple, so good; lovely as a first course or to accompany a simple pasta dish such as spaghetti with pesto. Vegetarian mozzarella is available, but look for one made from cow’s milk rather than the more traditional buffalo’s milk, which usually contains animal rennet.

SERVES 2

2 large ripe tomatoes, sliced

1 ripe avocado, peeled and sliced

1 ball of mozzarella, sliced

2 tablespoons torn fresh basil leaves extra-virgin olive oil and balsamic vinegar, for drizzling

salt and freshly ground black pepper

Arrange the slices of tomato, avocado and mozzarella attractively on a flat plate or two individual plates.

Scatter with the basil leaves, then drizzle with the olive oil and balsamic vinegar, sprinkle with a little salt and grind over some black pepper. Serve at once.

Combined with a good fruity olive oil, lemon juice and some crisp onion rings, Puy lentils make a delicious salad. Perfect accompanied by a crisp, herby green salad and a glass of wine on a summer’s day.

SERVES 4

225g (8oz) Puy lentils (or small brown or green lentils)

1 tbsp lemon juice

3 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 onion

2–3 tbsp chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley

Soak the lentils in water for a couple of hours or so if possible – this speeds up the cooking process – then drain, rinse, put into a saucepan, cover with fresh water to come 5cm (2in) above the top of the lentils, and simmer them gently until tender but not mushy – about 45 minutes. For flavour and digestibility, it is important to get them (and indeed any pulse) really tender – ‘al dente’ is for pasta, not pulses.

Drain the lentils thoroughly (keep the cooking liquid, it makes good stock) and put them into a bowl with the lemon juice, oil and some salt and pepper.

Peel the onion and cut it into very thin rounds, then add these to the lentils, along with the chopped parsley, and mix everything gently together. Serve chilled or at room temperature.

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