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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:

1 400 ml green beans
2 20.64 ml butter
3 ½ shallot
4 100 ml liquid cream
5 ½ teaspoon tomato paste
6 salt
7 pepper

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
7 min.	11 min.	18 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare 400 ml green beans then cut into medium-sized pieces.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Heat 20.64 ml 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 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 %

% 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: Green beans with tomato cream sauce, Grandma's salad, Cherry tomato and green bean salad, Green bean and potato salad with paprika, Macédoine of vegetables, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Spaghetti with mussels and basil, Creamy asparagus and meat timbale, Fresh spinach with cream, Bisto-style canapés, Strawberry mousse with mascarpone, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chocolate sweetcrust pastry, Caramelized apple "moelleux" cake, Fish in a sesame crust, Smoked eggs, Spicy roast cauliflower gratin, ... All
	Tomato paste: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Taos hotpot, Tomato sauce (for pizzas), Chorba, Cassoulet, Tomato and courgette tart, ... All

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