Green beans with tomatoes
4 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
1 | pounds | Green beans -- =OR=- a |
Mixture of | ||
And Yellow Wax Beans | ||
8 | Boiling onions -- about an | |
1½ | \" wide | |
1 | large | Garlic clove -- thinly |
Sliced | ||
2 | tablespoons | Virgin olive oil |
Salt | ||
2 | larges | Ripe tomatoes -- peeled |
Seeded and chopped | ||
1 | tablespoon | Chopped dill or basil |
1 | tablespoon | Chopped parsley |
Water -- -=OR=- | ||
Juice from the Tomatoes |
Directions
CHOOSE BEANS THAT ARE BRIGHT GREEN and firm. The smaller ones will be less fibrous. Top and tail them, then cut into pieces about 1½-inches long and wash well. Peel the onions and slice them in thin rounds. Warm the olive oil, add the onion, garlic, and cook over a gentle heat for several minutes until the onions begin to soften.
Salt lightly, then add the beans and cover them with the chopped tomatoes and herbs. Add several table- spoons tomato juice or wat DEBORAH MADISON - PRODIGY GUEST CHEFS COOKBOOK Recipe By :