Green Beans, Toasted Pecans, And Blue Cheese
Total Time: 15 mins
Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 5 mins
Ingredients
- Servings: 2
- 1/4 teaspoon dijon mustard
- 1 teaspoon cider vinegar
- 2 teaspoons finely chopped shallots
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 cup pecans
- 3/4 lb green beans
- 1 1/2 ounces blue cheese, such as maytag
Recipe
- 1 in a large bowl whisk together mustard, vinegar, shallot, and 1/2 tablespoon oil to make dressing.
- 2 in a small heavy skillet heat remaining 1/2 tablespoon oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and saute pecans with salt to taste, stirring frequently, until a shade darker, about 1 minute.
- 3 transfer nuts to paper towels to drain and cool.
- 4 coarsely chop nuts.
- 5 have ready a bowl of ice and cold water.
- 6 in a large saucepan of boiling salted water blanch beans until just tender, about 3 minutes, and drain in a colander.
- 7 transfer beans to ice water, stirring until just cool.
- 8 drain beans well and add to dressing.
- 9 crumble blue cheese over beans and gently toss with half of nuts and salt and pepper to taste.
- 10 serve beans at room temperature topped with remaining nuts.
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