Green beans are plentiful in summer through to early autumn so an abundance of beans needs a good recipe to use them up, this recipe makes a complete meal, all needed is some chunky warm bread to mop up the juices.
Recipe for 4
Spanish Green Beans Recipe
Green beans are plentiful in summer through to early autumn so an abundance of beans needs a good recipe to...
Ingredients
| 500g | green beans |
| Sea salt (or use Steenbergs organic perfect salt instead of this and the pepper) | |
| 1 | small onion, chopped |
| 2tbsp | olive oil |
| 2 | garlic cloves |
| 50g | cured ham or unsmoked bacon(optional extra) |
| 2 | tomatoes, peeled and chopped |
| 1 tbsp | wine vinegar |
| 1/2 teaspoon | sugar |
| 1/2 teaspoon | organic pepper |
| 1 teaspoon | organic paprika plus extra to sprinkle on top |
Method
- Top and tail the beans and string them. Cut into pieces. Boil in salted water for 10 minutes until soft and tender, then drain. Fry the onion in oil until soft. Add garlic and when starts to colour add ham(optional extra), tomatoes and beans. Half cover with water, add wine vinegar, sugar and pepper and simmer, covered for about 10 minutes until beans are really tender. Serve hot.
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