Green beans with tomato cream sauce


Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Green beans, cooked separately, are added to a tomato cream made with pan-fried cherry tomatoes with herbs.
16 K 5/5 (4 reviews)
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Last modified on: September 27th 2023
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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 45 min.
Cooking: 25 min.
All in all: 1 hour 7 min.
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Stage 1 - 30 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Prepare and cook 700 g green beans.

Cut into small pieces and set aside.

Stage 2 - 5 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Wash 300 g cherry tomatoes, then cut in half and sprinkle with fine salt.

Stage 3 - 3 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce

Stage 4 - 1 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
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.

Stage 5 - 1 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Add the chopped shallot, season with salt and pepper, stir and cook for 1 minute without browning.

Stage 6 - 1 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Add the cherry tomatoes and mix again.

Stage 7 - 10 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Cook, stirring occasionally, until the tomatoes are slightly stewed.

Stage 8 - 2 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Add 250 g cream, salt and pepper, then mix well, deglazing the bottom of the pan.

Stage 9 - 10 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Lower the heat and allow to thicken to taste.

Remove and discard the bay leaf, thyme and garlic, then check the seasoning.

Stage 10 - 1 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
Then add the green beans.

Stage 11 - 3 min.
Green beans with tomato cream sauce
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.
Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe30 RDI=10 %80 RDI=7 %140 RDI=20 %1,640 RDI=80 %6,880 RDI: 80 %
Per 100 g2 RDI=1 %5 RDI=1 %10 RDI=2 %120 RDI=6 %510 RDI: 6 %
Per person7 RDI=3 %20 RDI=2 %30 RDI=5 %410 RDI=20 %1,720 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 6.45 €
  • Per person : 1.65 €

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