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Green beans "Napoléon"

Apparently, Napoléon Bonaparte had a delicate stomach, so his cook made his cream sauces a little gentler with tomato.

Here is a version for green beans, cooked in two stages, with a cream and tomato sauce.

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Last modified on: August 11^th 2023

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For 2 people, you will need:

1 400 g green beans
2 20 g butter
3 ½ shallot
4 100 ml liquid cream
5 ½ teaspoon tomato paste
6 salt
7 pepper
Total weight: 535 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
7 min.	11 min.	18 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Prepare 400 g green beans then cut into medium-sized pieces.

Set aside.

Stage 2 - 1 min.

Heat 20 g butter in a large pan on high heat until it froths.

Add the finely chopped ½ shallot.

Salt, pepper and cook for 1 minute without colouring.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Add 100 ml liquid cream, mix well and bring to the boil.

Stage 4 - 2 min.

Add ½ teaspoon tomato paste, mix well, then check the seasoning.

Stage 5 - 5 min.

Add the green beans, mix well and leave to heat through for a few minutes.

Stage 6

Serve on its own or to accompany meat, for example.

Remarks

The quantity of tomato paste can be adapted to suit your taste, so add more or less as you prefer.

Keeping

1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
613 Kcal or 2,567 Kj	13 gr	35 gr	47 gr
23 %	4 %	2 %	5 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
115 Kcal or 481 Kj	3 gr	6 gr	9 gr
4 %	1 %	<1 %	1 %

Per person
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
307 Kcal or 1,285 Kj	7 gr	17 gr	23 gr
11 %	2 %	1 %	3 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2700 k-calories or 11300 k-joules by day for a man (change to a woman).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk

How much will it cost?

For 2 people : 1.86 £
Per person : 0.93 £

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Green beans: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: How to prepare green beans, Pork sautéed with green beans, Asian style, Green beans with tomato cream sauce, Rolls of fish in smoked ham, Green beans with tomatoes, ... All
	Liquid cream: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Late Winter Soup with Fresh Spinach, Fillets of sole Dieppoise, Vanilla ice cream, Broccoli savoury custard, Shallot confit tart, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Aperitif rolls, Oatmeal and apple cookies, Cornouaillaise salad, Sliced veal with leeks and mushrooms, ... All
	Shallot: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Leek and tuna loaf, "Au vert" beef, Sausage mushroom and cheese crumble, Welsh-style potato purée, Chinese Soup, ... All

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