Green beans & leeks with oregon hazelnuts
8 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| Boiling salted water in 2 pans | ||
| 2 | pounds | Fresh green beans |
| 4 | Leeks | |
| 4 | tablespoons | Butter |
| ¾ | cup | Oregon hazelnuts toasted and chopped |
| ½ | teaspoon | Lemon juice |
Directions
Trim off ends of beans and slice diagonally in 2" pieces. Trim outer leaves of leeks and slice into 2" diagonal pieces. Cook in separate pans (see above) 7 to 10 minutes or until tender-crisp. Drain and rinse with cold water to stop cooking. Melt butter in large frying pan and add beans, leeks, and Oregon hazelnuts. Saut‚ until heated through, sprinkle with lemon juice, season with salt and pepper if desired.
* COOKFDN brings you this recipe with permission from: * Oregon Hazelnut Industry and The Hazelnut Marketing Board