Difficulty: Moderately Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need:
- 1 ½ pounds of green beans
- 3 tablespoons of almonds
- kosher salt
- freshly-ground pepper
- 1 red onion
- 3 tablespoons of butter
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Step 1
Dip the almonds in boiling water, drain, allow to cool, rub the peels off with paper towels, chop them into fine slivers and toast them in the oven.
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Step 2
Break off the tips and pull off the strings from the beans.
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Step 3
Grind the pepper.
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Step 4
Boil the beans in salty water, but remove them from the heat before they get limp and overcooked.
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Step 5
Drain the beans in a sieve.
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Step 6
Caramelize the onion in 2 tablespoons of butter.
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Step 7
Introduce the beans, season and stir in the last 1 tablespoon of butter. Sauté the beans, then add the almonds prior to plating up.
Comments
Quickstar said
on 11/30/2008 mmmmmm...that sounds yummy:)
Gonna have to try it!