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- Newsgroups: rec.food.recipes
- From: ag261@cleveland.freenet.edu (Ray Taylor)
- Subject: PORK & BEAN SALAD w/ cumin and mint vinaigrette
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 1994 00:11:41 GMT
- Message-ID: <2pblma$rbm@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
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- Serve this awesome salad with warm pita bread and crisp lettuce
- leaves:
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- SERVES 4.
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- Salad:
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- 2 cups cooked black beans
- 1 cup cubed cooked pork
- 1 cup cubed ripe tomatoes
- 3/4 cup chopped scallions
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- Vinaigrette:
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- 1 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped fresh mint
- 1/2 to 1 teaspoon chopped dried red chile pepper
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1-1/2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- 5 tablespoons olive oil
- Salt
- Fresh mint leaves, for garnish
- Lettuce leaves
- 1/2 cup yogurt
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- Assemble the salad: In a medium serving bowl, mix the beans,
- pork, tomatoes, and scallions. Set aside.
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- Make the vinaigrette: In a small bowl, mix the cumin, mint,
- and chile pepper. Whisk in the vinegar, lemon juice, and oil
- and season to taste, adding more chile pepper and salt as
- needed.
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- Add the vinaigrette to the salad, toss well, and let marinate
- in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour. Garnish with fresh
- mint leaves.
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- Place a spoonful of salad inside a lettuce leaf, top with a
- dollop of yogurt, and roll up like a cone. Eat accompanied
- by warm pita bread.
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- Note: Start by adding 1/2 teaspoon of chile and taste the
- vinaigrette. If you like it very spicy, add the
- remaining chile. Don't be concerned if the vinaigrette
- seems too spicy; once it's mixed with the other ingredients,
- its fire will mellow.
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