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Käferbohnensalat

Name: Käferbohnensalat
Total time: 20 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Austria
Ingredients: 400g White beans; 1/2 Red Onion; 2 tbsp Wine Vinegar; 3 tbsp Pumpkin seed oil; 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 1 tbsp Pumpkin seeds

Side Dish

⏱ 20 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

A Styrian salad of big beans and onion dressed with toasty pumpkin seed oil.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Styria produces Kürbiskernöl, a deep green oil pressed from roasted pumpkin seeds. Large runner beans called Käferbohnen are dressed with vinegar and onion, then drenched in this pumpkin seed oil. Its nutty aroma brings out the sweetness of the beans.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a tavern on the Styrian wine road, a bean salad glossed with deep green oil, dark bread, and white wine sit on a wooden table.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White beans 400g
Red Onion 1/2
Wine Vinegar 2 tbsp
Pumpkin seed oil 3 tbsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Pumpkin seeds 1 tbsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Drain the canned beans.
Slice the red onion very thinly, soak in water, and drain.
Mix the wine vinegar, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
Add the beans and onion, toss, and let sit 10 minutes.
Plate and drizzle with pumpkin seed oil.
Scatter with lightly toasted pumpkin seeds.

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