Green Beans Sautéed in Cream

Name: Green Beans Sautéed in Cream (Les Haricots Verts Sauté à la Crème)
Prep time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: For 4 People
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: Chives, finely snipped (about 1 Tb); Parsley, chopped (about 2 Tb); Heavy cream (¼ cup); Egg yolks (2 large); Green beans, French cut (1 lb.); Butter (4 Tb); Flour (about 1 tsp)

Les Haricots Verts Sauté à la Crème

Preparation info

For
4
People

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
15 min

Appears in

The Auberge of the Flowering Hearth

By Roy Andries De Groot

Published 1973

About

This is one of the most luxurious ways of preparing green beans for an important dinner menu. They are sautéed in a mixture of butter and cream, then richly coated with egg yolks beaten with chopped chives. (See discussion; menu with wines.)

Ingredients

Staple Items

Butter (4 Tb)
Egg yolks (2 large)
Flour (about

Europe
France
Side dish
Dinner
Vegetarian
Mediterranean

Method

Only just, just cook the 1 pound of French-cut green beans by dropping them into boiling water and leaving them for hardly more than 1 minute. They must remain crisp and chewy. Drain them at once and hold them. In a casserole (preferably of tin, copper, or enameled iron which can be used as a fry