Buttered Green Beans with Mortadella, Pickled Carrots & Crispy Shallots

Let’s take a moment and pay some respect to beans and the people who grow them. In our experience, beans are one of the most time-consuming vegetables to grow. They need more attention from the get-go because they are directly seeded into the ground during spring and the weeds love them. There are bush varieties that grow low and compact, making for a backbreaking harvest, and there are pole varieties that grow upward in a more singular fashion. They all need a tremendous amount of c