"Haute patate" green beans

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 1 shallot
• 2 400 g potatoes
• 3 400 g green beans
• 4 4 tablespoons oil
• 5 1 knob butter
• 6 250 g cancoillotte
• 7 salt
• 8 pepper
• Total weight: 1,145 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
20 min.	35 min.	55 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Prepare and slice 1 shallot.
  Set aside.
• 2: Peel and roughly cube 400 g potatoes, then wash and dry.
  Set aside.
• 3: Prepare 400 g green beans, cut into small pieces and cook in a large pot of boiling salted water until tender.
• 4: Remove them from the water with a skimmer or spider, but leave the water on the heat.
  Cool under cold water to stop cooking, then drain and dry.
  Set aside.
• 5: Pour the potatoes into the same cooking water and cook until just tender.
• 6: Drain.
• 7: In a frying pan over medium heat, pour 4 tablespoons oil and when hot, add the potatoes.
• 8: Grill to taste, then remove to a plate.
• 9: Add 1 knob butter and the shallot to the pan over medium heat, season with salt and pepper, and cook for 1 minute without browning.
• 10: Add the green beans...
• 11: ...and the potatoes and stir to heat through.
• 12: Pour in 250 g cancoillotte, stir again to warm the cancoillotte, and serve immediately.

Remarks

Green beans and potatoes can easily be prepared and cooked in advance, the day before for example.
"Haute-patate" is the nickname given in Franche-Comté (in France) to the department of Haute-Saône, the birthplace of cancoillotte.

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