White Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Olives

Name: White Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Olives
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

White Bean Salad with Tomatoes and Olives was pinched from <a href="http://www.cookscountry.com/recipes/White-Bean-Salad-with-Tomatoes-and-Olives-Recipe-Cook-s-Country/37374/?social=true&network=fb&extcode=N00KSF100" target="_blank">www.cookscountry.com.</a>

"Why this recipe works:We take ordinary canned beans and turn them into the rightful stars of this salad. The key is steeping the beans in a garlicky broth first. This affords us time to tame our raw shallots in vinegar, and pull together the other ingredients. Once the beans are steeped, and the shallots soaked, this salad comes together in a minute...."

INGREDIENTS

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1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil

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4 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed

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Salt and pepper

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3 (15-ounce) cans cannellini beans, rinsed

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1/4 cup sherry vinegar

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1 shallot, minced

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2 plum tomatoes, cored and cut into 1/4-inch pieces

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1/2 cup chopped fresh basil

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1/2 cup chopped kalamata olives

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