Simple Spring Vegetables with Pasta

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    as a Main Course
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Intolerant Gourmet

By Barbara Kafka

Published 2011

  • About

This vegetarian dish can be served as a main course, as a pasta course, or, without pasta, as a side dish.

I was very lucky to find tiny sugar snaps that didn’t need stringing, but most will.

Ingredients

  • ¾ pound green beans, tipped and tailed
  • ½ cup olive oil
  • 1 medium <

Method

Bring 3 quarts water to a boil in a large saucepan. Add the beans. Cook until tender enough to be split with a fork, 8 to 10 minutes (cooking time will vary depending on the age of the beans). Drain. Set aside.

Pour the oil into a 10- to 12-