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.
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 11th 2023
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2 kgs green beans
400 g 
100 g 
200 g 
How long does it take?
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 2 - 5 min.
Peel and slice 400 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.
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.
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 |
| 2,455 Kcal or 10,279 Kj | 65 gr | 224 gr | 144 gr |
| 123 % | 25 % | 21 % | 22 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 91 Kcal or 381 Kj | 2 gr | 8 gr | 5 gr |
| 5 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 kg 400 g : 9.90 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Green beans with tomatoes, French bean salad with vinaigrette , Mexican-style pork medallions , Green beans "Napoléon", ... All |
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Morteau sausage, Hearty potato and ham gratin, Express sauerkraut, Roast potatoes "à la provençale", Potato wallets, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek and egg frichti, Celeriac and mushroom gratin, Spinach and Mushrooms with Pesto, Lobster Thermidor, Chicken and mushroom pie, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate eclairs, Potatoes with prawns, Norwegian tartines, Potato gratin, Fish "à la Bordelaise", ... All |
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