Saturday, November 29, 2008

Return of haricot-verte

Haricot verte

Tangy, quick, healthy.

Ingredients -
1/2 stick of unsalted butter
1 tbsp of olive oil
1 medium sized lemon
12 oz haricot verte bag x 2
salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

Preparation -

Boiled water, salted it, added beans, let them boil for few minutes. Drained water, pot back on heat. Drained beans were run under cold water.
Prep for haricot-verte
Skinned the lemon. Made slices and added them to butter and olive oil mixture. This makes the tangy syrup that will eventually coat the beans. Toss in the beans and make sure the syrup gets on each and every one of them. A pair of tongs with some serious twists of the wrists do it. Salt and very freshly ground pepper completed the dish.

To bring down its health index a notch or two, served the beans finally with roasted onions. This dish is here to stay.