Green beans with tomato and cheddar cheese

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 700 g green beans
• 2 1 onion
• 3 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 1 bayleaf
• 5 1 sprig thyme
• 6 1 garlic clove
• 7 500 g peeled and chopped tomatoes
• 8 80 g Cheddar cheese
• 9 salt
• 10 pepper
• Total weight: 1,480 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
30 min.	25 min.	55 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Prepare 700 g green beans, cut into pieces.
2	Prepare and chop 1 onion.
3	In a large saucepan over medium heat, pour in 4 tablespoons olive oil and when hot add onion, 1 bayleaf, 1 sprig thyme, 1 garlic clove, salt and pepper. Cook for 1 minute, stirring constantly.
4	Add the green beans.
5	Then 500 g peeled and chopped tomatoes, season with salt and pepper and mix well.
6	Cover, lower the heat and cook gently until the beans are tender. Remove and discard the bay leaf, thyme sprig and garlic clove.
7	To finish, add grated 80 g Cheddar cheese...
8	...and stir well to melt and bind. Check seasoning.
9	Serve piping hot.

Remarks

You can use cooked green beans if you prefer, but of course the cooking time will be much shorter.
Cheddar cheese can be replaced by another hard cheese of your choice (Comté, Tomme, etc.), but this is not a requirement.

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