Description
A quick green bean side made rich with brown butter, crunchy pine nuts, cranberries and crumbled blue cheese for gourmet flavor.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 lb green beans, washed & trimmed
- 1/3 cup pine nuts, roasted
- 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 2 tablespoons dried cranberries
- 2 oz Castello Blue Cheese, crumbled
- salt & black pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Start by roasting the pine nuts in a pan. Add pint nuts to a pan and roast till fragrant, around 4-5 minutes.
- Wash and trim the green beans. Pat dry and set aside.
- In a pan bring some water to boil. Add green beans and cook for 4-5 minutes. Remove from water and drain.
- You want beans to be crispy, so do not over-boil them.
- In a pan, add unsalted butter. Let it melt and swirl around till it turns amber in color. This will take around
- -6 minutes.
- Add the cooked beans. Sauté for a minute till it’s well coated with the butter.
- Add cranberries, roasted pine nuts, salt and pepper and mix. Also add the lemon juice.
- Transfer to serving plate and sprinkle crumbled Castello Blue Cheese on top. Serve immediately.
- Category: Side