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.
18,4013.4/5 for 8 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: October 23th 2019
For 1 kg 200 g, you will need:
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 min. | 5 min. | 15 min. | 48 min. |
At what time?
- When will I finish if I start the recipe at a certain time?
When should I start for the recipe to be ready at a certain time?
Keeping:
A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film or in a sealed container. Freezes very well.Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 15 min.
Rinse 1 kg green beans and "top and tail" (trim off both ends).
Stage 2 - 10 min.
Boil in plenty of salted water until well cooked and soft.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Take out of the water (but leave this on the heat for later), and cool the beans by running under cold water.
Leave to drain.
Leave to drain.
Stage 4 - 5 min.
Peel and slice 200 g potatoes. Boil in the same water until soft.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Pass the potatoes and beans through a vegetable mill.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Transfer the purée into a saucepan on low heat.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Stage 8
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.
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 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 1 kg 200 g : 4.95 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Mexican-style pork medallions , Green beans with tomatoes, Macédoine of vegetables, French bean salad with vinaigrette , Icelandic-style fish and vegetable pie, ... All |
 | Potatoes: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Piedmont salad, Potato tortilla (Spanish omelette), Chilli langoustines, Valay salad, Vegetable pie, ... All |
 | Cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fish Mousselines, Cassoulet-style shepherd's pie., Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, Baked potoatoes with herb butter or cream , Coconut-vanilla cream for Elsa , ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hazelnut and orange cake, Pan-fried salmon with white cabbage, Toasted almond cake, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, Eggs Benedict , ... All |
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