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Beans With Black Olives

Type: Vegetables
Courses: Side dish
Serves: 4 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 3/4 lbs 794g / 28ozGreen beans
6   Shallots
1   Lemon
2 tablespoons 30mlOlIve oil
  Salt - to taste
  Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste
1   Bay leaf
2   Thyme sprigs
1/2 cup 118mlWhite wine
1/3 cup 78mlBlack olives
1 tablespoon 15mlFinely-chopped parsley
1 teaspoon 5mlFinely-chopped savory

Recipe Instructions

Wash and trim the beans. Peel and quarter the shallots. Cut the lemon into wedges.

Heat the oil in a saucepan and saute the shallots over a low heat until translucent. Add the beans and lemon wedges, toss, and saute briefly with the other ingredients. Add the salt, pepper, bay leaf, thyme, and wine. Cover and cook over a medium heat until the beans are tender, but still firm to the bite.

Halve and pit the olives, add to the beans, and heat briefly. Sprinkle the beans with the chopped parsley and savory and serve immediately.

This recipe yields 4 servings.

Source:
Cookbook Digest, Nov/Dec, 1999

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