Buckwheat and French bean salad from Essential Ottolenghi: A Collection (page 157) by Yotam Ottolenghi

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    Can substitute chilli flakes for Urfa black chilli flakes.

  • olivia_q6vdxl on February 18, 2026

    Loved this so much. I didn’t have buckwheat so I used wheat berries. It did need something a little extra (was missing a bit of brightness)… so I added a splash of vermouth vinegar and YUM. The next day, I mixed the left overs into a salad then next day with some smoked trout. Very tasty. But highly recco the vinegar add.

  • Ro_ on July 01, 2020

    I really liked the textures of this dish, but flavour-wise I thought it was lacking a certain something. Needs lots of seasoning. I used a mix of buckwheat, quinoa and wild rice as it's what I had.

  • anya_sf on October 22, 2018

    I couldn't find tarragon so I doubled the mint. The salad was quite good. Don't skip the yogurt dressing, as it really makes the dish. We didn't want it spicy so we omitted the chili flakes and I didn't miss them.

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