Green beans "Napoléon"
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.
Here is a version for green beans, cooked in two stages, with a cream and tomato sauce.
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Last modified on: August 11th 2023
Keywords for this recipe:For 2 people, you will need:
- 1
400 g green beans - 2
20 g butter - 3
½ shallot - 4
100 ml liquid cream - 5
½ teaspoon tomato paste - 6
salt - 7
pepper - Total weight: 535 grams
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 7 min. | 11 min. | 18 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 1 min.
Heat 20 g butter in a large pan on high heat until it froths.
Add the finely chopped ½ shallot.
Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Add the finely chopped ½ shallot.
Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Add 100 ml liquid cream, mix well and bring to the boil.
Stage 4 - 2 min.
Add ½ 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
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 613 Kcal or 2,567 Kj | 13 gr | 35 gr | 47 gr |
| 31 % | 5 % | 3 % | 7 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 115 Kcal or 481 Kj | 3 gr | 6 gr | 9 gr |
| 6 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 307 Kcal or 1,285 Kj | 7 gr | 17 gr | 23 gr |
| 15 % | 3 % | 2 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 2 people : 2.17 €
- Per person : 1.09 €
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: Green bean and potato salad with paprika, Minestrone, Salmon "en papillote" with small vegetables, Cherry tomato and green bean salad, Macédoine of vegetables, ... All |
 | Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Rustic chicken and mushroom pie, Filet mignon with asparagus, Layered Leek and Egg Gratin , Penne with Mushrooms, Creamy spinach and potato gratin, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Roasted cauliflower, Far Normandy-Brittany, Caramelized apple rice pudding, Chocolate cereal bars, Moist Lemon Cake, ... All |
 | Tomato paste: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Taos hotpot, Cassoulet, Couscous, Cocktail sauce, Chorba, ... All |
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