Green beans with tomato cream sauce

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 700 g green beans
• 2 300 g cherry tomatoes
• 3 1 shallot
• 4 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 5 1 bayleaf
• 6 1 sprig thyme
• 7 1 garlic clove
• 8 250 g cream
• 9 salt
• 10 pepper
• Total weight: 1,350 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
45 min.	25 min.	1 hour 7 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Prepare and cook 700 g green beans.
  Cut into small pieces and set aside.
• 2: Wash 300 g cherry tomatoes, then cut in half and sprinkle with fine salt.
• 3: Slice 1 shallot.
• 4: In a large saucepan over high heat, pour in 4 tablespoons olive oil and when hot, add 1 bayleaf, 1 sprig thyme and 1 garlic clove.
  Cook, stirring, for 1 minute.
• 5: Add the chopped shallot, season with salt and pepper, stir and cook for 1 minute without browning.
• 6: Add the cherry tomatoes and mix again.
• 7: Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes are slightly stewed.
• 8: Add 250 g cream, salt and pepper, then mix well, deglazing the bottom of the pan.
• 9: Lower the heat and allow to thicken to taste.
  Remove and discard the bay leaf, thyme and garlic, then check the seasoning.
• 10: Then add the green beans.
• 11: Mix well and cook for a further 2 or 3 minutes, just long enough to reheat the beans.
  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.

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