1,570 easy and fully explained recipes, with +66K photos and 78 videos

This site uses only a few technical cookies necessary for its operation. By continuing to browse, you accept their use.
To find out more...

Green beans "Napoléon"

Name: Green beans "Napoléon"
Prep time: 7 min
Cook time: 11 min
Total time: 18 min
Yield: 4 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 800 g green beans; 40 g butter; 1 shallot; 200 ml liquid cream; 1 teaspoon tomato paste; Salt; Pepper

Apparently, Napoléon Bonaparte had a delicate stomach, so his cook made his cream sauces a little gentler with tomato.

Here is a version for green beans, cooked in two stages, with a cream and tomato sauce.

42 K 4/5 (4 reviews)552553

Duration

20 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: August 11^th 2023

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 4 people, you will need:

1 800 g green beans
2 40 g butter
3 1 shallot
4 200 ml liquid cream
5 1 teaspoon tomato paste
6 Salt
7 Pepper
Total weight: 1,070 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

7 min.

Cooking

15 min.

All in all

20 min.

Preparation 7 min.

Cooking 15 min.

When should you start or finish this recipe?

If you start now, at , you will finish around : ?.Change start time

To finish around 7pm, you'll need to have started before: .Change end time

Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Prepare 800 g green beans then cut into medium-sized pieces.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 1 min.

Heat 40 g butter in a large pan on high heat until it froths.

Add the finely chopped 1 shallot.

Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 5 min.

Add 200 ml liquid cream, mix well and bring to the boil.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

Add 1 teaspoon tomato paste, mix well, then check the seasoning.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 5 min.

Add the green beans, mix well and leave to heat through for a few minutes.

Stage 6

Serve on its own or to accompany meat, for example.

Remarks

The quantity of tomato paste can be adapted to suit your taste, so add more or less as you prefer.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	2 g RDI=4 %	6 g RDI=2 %	8 g RDI=12 %	114 kcal RDI=6 %	480 kJ RDI=6 %
Per person	6 g RDI=10 %	17 g RDI=7 %	23 g RDI=32 %	306 kcal RDI=15 %	1,284 kJ RDI=15 %
Whole recipe	26 g RDI=41 %	69 g RDI=26 %	93 g RDI=128 %	1,226 kcal RDI=61 %	5,134 kJ RDI=61 %