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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

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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