Lamb Knuckles With Braised Green Beans

To be honest, this is really just a version of good oldfashioned groenboontjiebredie (green bean stew) without the potatoes. Green beans are close to my heart. Not fine beans, not the perfectly sized French ones; no, I like beans that remind me of the ones that grew in my oupa’s garden. I remember the flavour of those beans and I remember their smell. Once we’d picked them, they would be spread out on the kitchen table and then my ma would cut them up finely before freezing them in bags to