Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Green beans, cooked separately, are added to a tomato cream made with pan-fried cherry tomatoes with herbs.
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Last modified on: September 27th 2023
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350 g green beans
150 g cherry tomatoes
½ 
2 tablespoons 
½ 
½ sprig 
½ 
125 g 
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Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 42 min. | 25 min. | 1 hour 7 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Wash 150 g cherry tomatoes, then cut in half and sprinkle with fine salt.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
In a large saucepan over high heat, pour in 2 tablespoons olive oil and when hot, add ½ bayleaf, ½ sprig thyme and ½ garlic clove.
Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
Add the chopped shallot, season with salt and pepper, stir and cook for 1 minute without browning.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Add the cherry tomatoes and mix again.
Stage 7 - 10 min.
Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes are slightly stewed.
Stage 9 - 10 min.
Lower the heat and allow to thicken to taste.
Remove and discard the bay leaf, thyme and garlic, then check the seasoning.
Remove and discard the bay leaf, thyme and garlic, then check the seasoning.
Stage 10 - 1 min.
Then add the green beans.
Stage 11 - 3 min.
Mix well and cook for a further 2 or 3 minutes, just long enough to reheat the beans.
Ready!
Ready!
Remarks
If you don't have cherry tomatoes on hand, replace them with chopped tomatoes ( peeled if possible).
The crème fraiche can be replaced by fromage frais, but it will be a little less creamy.
The crème fraiche can be replaced by fromage frais, but it will be a little less creamy.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 821 Kcal or 3,437 Kj | 14 gr | 39 gr | 68 gr |
| 41 % | 6 % | 4 % | 10 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 122 Kcal or 511 Kj | 2 gr | 6 gr | 10 gr |
| 6 % | 1 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 411 Kcal or 1,721 Kj | 7 gr | 20 gr | 34 gr |
| 21 % | 3 % | 2 % | 5 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 people : 2.75 £
- Per person : 1.38 £
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Minestrone, Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, Grandma's salad, Green beans "Napoléon", ... All |
 | Cherry tomatoes: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Firied fillet of sea bream with polenta, Thin cherry tomato and pesto tart, Pasta with cherry tomatoes, olives and feta cheese, Bruschetta and mozzarella, Panzanella, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "Day After Pork Belly" Soup, Lobster Thermidor, Breton Pie, Lille style chicken, Bounty-style tart for Alison, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pasta with mustard-cream sauce, Seared tuna with lemon and lime, Fried egg in bread, Tomato foccacia, Tabbouleh, ... All |
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