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Green beans "Napoléon"

Apparently, Napoléon Bonaparte had a delicate stomach, so his cook made his cream sauces a little gentler with tomato.

Here is a version for green beans, cooked in two stages, with a cream and tomato sauce.

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Last modified on: August 11^th 2023

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For 12 people, you will need:

1 10 cups green beans
2 ²⁄₃ cup butter
3 3 shallots
4 2 ²⁄₃ cups liquid cream
5 3 teaspoons tomato paste
6 salt
7 pepper

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
7 min.	11 min.	18 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare 10 cups green beans then cut into medium-sized pieces.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Heat ²⁄₃ cup butter in a large pan on high heat until it froths.

Add the finely chopped 3 shallots.

Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Add 2 ²⁄₃ cups liquid cream, mix well and bring to the boil.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Add 3 teaspoons tomato paste, mix well, then check the seasoning.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Add the green beans, mix well and leave to heat through for a few minutes.

Stage 6

Serve on its own or to accompany meat, for example.

Remarks

The quantity of tomato paste can be adapted to suit your taste, so add more or less as you prefer.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
3,679 Kcal or 15,403 Kj	80 gr	207 gr	281 gr
184 %	31 %	20 %	43 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
115 Kcal or 481 Kj	3 gr	6 gr	9 gr
6 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
307 Kcal or 1,285 Kj	7 gr	17 gr	23 gr
15 %	3 %	2 %	4 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 12 people : 12.99 €
Per person : 1.08 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Green beans with tomatoes, Grandma's salad, French bean salad with vinaigrette , Minestrone, Green bean and potato salad with paprika, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Flaked almond tart, Filet mignon with asparagus, French toast "cordon bleu", Langres-style spinach, Mousse with two chocolates, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Beurre d'escargot, Mussels marinière, Turnip and Jerusalem artichoke soup, Brioche feuilletée (flaky brioche), Almond mug cake for Mary, ... All
	Tomato paste: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Chorba, Pissaladière with puff pastry, Cretan-style salmon , Cocktail sauce, Tomato and courgette tart, ... All

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