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Green bean purée

Green (or French) beans are usually served whole, for instance as an accompanying vegetable or in a salad, but they make a good purée, too.

This is tasty on its own, but also goes very well with meats, and children usually prefer it to "normal" beans.

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Last modified on: August 11^th 2023

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For 1 kg 200 g, you will need:

1 1 kg green beans
2 200 g potatoes
3 50 g butter
4 100 g cream
5 salt
6 pepper
Total weight: 1,350 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
13 min.	5 min.	5 min.	23 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 2 min.

Prepare 1 kg green beans, reserve.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Peel and slice 200 g potatoes. Boil in the same water until soft.

Stage 3 - 10 min.

Pass the potatoes and beans through a vegetable mill.

Stage 4 - 1 min.

Transfer the purée into a saucepan on low heat.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Use a whisk to mix in 50 g butter and 100 g cream, salt and pepper, then check the seasoning.

Stage 6

Your green bean purée is ready.

Remarks

The potatoes are not essential, but do give the purée a more fluid texture.

Feel free to vary the quantities of cream and butter to suit your own taste.

Keeping

A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film or in a sealed container. Freezes very well.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,228 Kcal or 5,141 Kj	32 gr	112 gr	72 gr
61 %	12 %	11 %	11 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
91 Kcal or 381 Kj	2 gr	8 gr	5 gr
5 %	1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 1 kg 200 g : 5.27 $

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Pork sautéed with green beans, Asian style, Cherry tomato and green bean salad, Grandma's salad, Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, French bean salad with vinaigrette , ... All
	Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Salt cod brandade, Super-green, super-thrifty soup, Kale and potato soup, Hotpot my grandmother's way , Crème de foie gras, ... All
	Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Green beans with tomato cream sauce, Mackerel rillettes, Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , Lobster Thermidor, Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nachos, Cornouaillaise salad, French-style peas, Confit Victoria pineapple with honey and spices, Salmon rillettes, ... All

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