"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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