2000s Recipes + Menus

Creamy Celery-Root and Haricort Vert Salad

Serves4
  • Active time:20 min
  • Start to finish:25 min
March 2008
Thin green beans add ribbons of color as well as bite to a celeriac rémoulade.
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
  • 1 lb celery root (celeriac), peeled and quartered
  • 1/2 lb haricots verts or other thin green beans, trimmed and halved crosswise
  • 2 tablespoons finely chopped parsley, divided
  • Equipment:

    an adjustable-blade slicer fitted with 1/8-inch julienne blade
  • Stir together mayonnaise, lemon juice, and 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper in a large bowl.
  • Cut celery root with slicer into 1/8-inch-thick matchsticks and add to mayonnaise dressing.
  • Cook beans in boiling salted water (1 tablespoon salt for 2 quarts water), uncovered, until just tender, about 4 minutes. Drain, then rinse under cold water to stop cooking. Drain well and pat dry.
  • Toss beans and 1 tablespoon parsley with celery root. Serve sprinkled with remaining tablespoon parsley.
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