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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: October 24^th 2021

Keywords for this recipe:French beans Green beans Napoleon Cream Tomato

For 4 people, you will need:

1 800 g cooked 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

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
37 min.	11 min.	48 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 30 min.

Green beans "Napoléon" : Photo of step #1

Prepare 800 g cooked green beans.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Green beans "Napoléon" : Photo of step #2

Cut into medium-sized chunks.

Set aside.

Stage 3 - 1 min.

Green beans "Napoléon" : Photo of step #3

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 4 - 5 min.

Green beans "Napoléon" : Photo of step #4

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

Stage 5 - 2 min.

Green beans "Napoléon" : Photo of step #5

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

Stage 6 - 5 min.

Green beans "Napoléon" : Photo of step #6

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

Stage 7

Green beans "Napoléon" : Photo of step #7

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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,226 Kcal or 5,133 Kj	27 gr	69 gr	94 gr
61 %	10 %	7 %	14 %

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).

How much will it cost?

For 4 people : 4.33 €
Per person : 1.08 €

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Source

Home made.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Cooked green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Salad paysanne, Tenderloin steaks marinated in red wine with rosemary, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: French custard tart, Creamy Winter Vegetable Soup, Curried mussels with cabbage, Normandy seafood stew, Apricot fool, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Ramekins of duchess potatoes, Koulibiak in pie dish, Apple custard tart, Smoky potato and potimarron gratin, Tyrolean apple crumble, ... All
	Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Dipping bread with cheese, Polenta with spinach and soft-poached egg, Crunchy verrines, Sauce Normande (for fish), ... All

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