Gorgonzola And Green Bean Salad With Pine Nuts - cooking recipe

Ingredients

12 oz. green beans, ends trimmed
1/2 c. toasted pine nuts
1 c. crumbled Gorgonzola or any Blue cheese
1 1/2 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
3 Tbsp. olive oil
1/2 clove garlic, finely minced
salt and pepper to taste
1 head radicchio (if desired)

Preparation

Cook green beans; cut in 1/2 or 1/3.
Toast pine nuts.
Mix vinegar, oil, garlic, salt and pepper until well blended.
Toss with beans in the dressing and add the cheese and nuts.
Separate the leaves of radicchio.
Wash and dry.
Arrange on salad plates and spoon the bean salad on top.