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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.

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Last modified on: August 11^th 2023

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 1 ¾ cup green beans
2 1 ½ tablespoon butter
3 ½ shallot
4 ½ cup liquid cream
5 ½ teaspoon tomato paste
6 salt
7 pepper

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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 1 - 5 min.

Prepare 1 ¾ cup green beans then cut into medium-sized pieces.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Heat 1 ½ tablespoon 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.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Add ½ cup 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 %

% 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 2 people : 2.17 €
Per person : 1.09 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: How to prepare green beans, Green bean purée, Macédoine of vegetables, Green beans with tomatoes, Grandma's salad, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Veal with mushrooms and green asparagus, Sausage with duchess potatoes and a Mont d'Or fondue , Frozen Nougat, Pasta with mustard-cream sauce, Raw beetroot mousse with walnuts, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Clementine Creamy, Loaf for "les filles'", Ramekins with almonds, apples and lemon, Crispy prawn rolls, ... All
	Tomato paste: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Couscous, Tomato sauce (for pizzas), Pissaladière with puff pastry, Taos hotpot, Cocktail sauce, ... All

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