Green beans with feta cream and basil
This quick recipe combines feta, basil and lemon cream with green beans cooked separately.
510 5/5 based on 6 reviews
Last modified on: August 11th 2024
Keywords for this recipe:For 4 people, you will need:
1 handful Basil
150 g 
2 tablespoons lemon juice
4 tablespoons 
1 
700 g cooked green beans
20 g 
How long will it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 23 min. | 4 min. | 27 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Stage 4 - 10 min.
Cut into small 700 g cooked green beans pieces.
Stage 5 - 1 min.
In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt 20 g butter, then add the minced shallot, salt and pepper.
Cook for 1 minute without browning.
Cook for 1 minute without browning.
Stage 6 - 2 min.
Add the green beans and mix well.
Stage 7 - 3 min.
Add the feta-basil cream and mix well again.
Leave on a medium heat for 2 or 3 minutes, until warmed through.
Leave on a medium heat for 2 or 3 minutes, until warmed through.
Stage 8
Your green beans with feta and basil cream are ready.
Remarks
The feta and basil cream can be made the day before, as can the green beans.
In step 2, you can adjust the texture of the feta-basil cream to your taste, by increasing or decreasing the weight of olive oil.
In step 2, you can adjust the texture of the feta-basil cream to your taste, by increasing or decreasing the weight of olive oil.
Keeping
1 or 2 days in the fridge, protected by cling film.
Source
Home made.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 1,380 Kcal or 5,778 Kj | 44 gr | 57 gr | 108 gr |
| 69 % | 17 % | 5 % | 16 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 140 Kcal or 586 Kj | 4 gr | 6 gr | 11 gr |
| 7 % | 2 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 345 Kcal or 1,444 Kj | 11 gr | 14 gr | 27 gr |
| 17 % | 4 % | 1 % | 4 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 4 people : 4.90 €
- Per person : 1.23 €
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)
 | Cooked green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salad paysanne, Very green mixed salad, Tenderloin steaks marinated in red wine with rosemary, ... All |
 | Feta: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Greek-style stuffed courgettes, Greek style sandwiches, Thin summer tart "à la grecque", Cretan-style salmon , Tzatziki, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pan-fried cheese, egg and spinach toastie, Langoustine sabayon tart, Salmon and Spinach Gratin, Asparagus "en petit pois", Pretzels, ... All |
 | Olive oil: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cabbage julienne with ham, Potato and two ham gratin, Julia salad, Poivrade artichoke Salad, Red rice pannequets, ... All |
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