White Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Olives

Name: White Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Olives
Yield: Serves 6
Ingredients: 1/3 cup, extra virgin olive oil; 4 , garlic cloves, peeled and smashed; , Salt and pepper; 3 (15-ounce) cans, cannellini beans, rinsed; 1/4 cup, sherry vinegar; 1 , shallot, minced; 2 , plum tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/4-inch pieces; 1/2 cup, chopped fresh basil; 1/2 cup, chopped kalamata olives

Side Dishes
Beans
Salads
Cook's Extras

Appears in Cook's Country June/July 2012

Canned beans are a convenient shortcut, but we hoped to fool eaters into thinking we'd spent hours in the kitchen.

SERVES 6

TIME 25 minutes, plus 40 minutes resting

White Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Olives

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