Green Beans Gremolata Food

GREEN BEANS GREMOLATA

Steps:

• Place pine nuts in a dry sauté pan over low heat and cook 5 to 10 minutes, stirring often, until lightly browned. Set aside.
• Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add green beans and blanch 2 to 3 minutes, until tender but still crisp.
• Drain beans in a colander and immediately put them in a bowl of ice water to stop the cooking and preserve their bright green color.
• To make gremolata, toss lemon zest, parsley, parmesan, and pine nuts together in a small bowl and set aside.
• Drain beans and pat dry.
• When ready to serve, heat olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat.
• Add garlic and saute for 1 minute.
• Add beans to skillet and sauté, turning frequently, 2 minutes, until coated with olive oil and heated through.
• Remove beans from hot pan and transfer to a serving platter or bowl (adding the gremolata mixture directly to the hot pan will melt the parmesan and make it gooey, even if the pan is off the heat).
• Add the gremolata to the beans, and toss well.
• Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste and serve hot.

PASTA WITH GREEN BEANS AND ALMOND GREMOLATA

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of well-salted water (2 heaping tablespoons kosher salt to about 7 quarts water) to a boil. Meanwhile, in a large skillet over medium-low heat, toast the almonds, stirring frequently so they don't burn, about 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from heat. In a medium bowl, combine the almonds, celery or parsley leaves, lemon zest, garlic and a pinch of salt. Set aside and wipe out skillet.
• Add pasta to boiling water and cook until it is al dente, according to package directions. About 2 minutes before it's done, add the beans to the pasta pot. Reserve 1 cup of the pasta cooking water, and drain the pasta and beans.
• While the pasta and beans drain, make the sauce: Heat the olive oil in the large skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and red-pepper flakes and cook until the garlic is golden in color, about 1 to 2 minutes. Turn heat to low and add 1/2 cup of the reserved pasta water to the skillet (be careful of splattering) and cook until it is reduced by about half, 1 to 2 minutes more. Turn heat to medium and add the pasta, green beans and butter to the skillet and toss until the butter melts. Add the cheese and an additional 1/4 cup water and toss until the cheese is emulsified and the pasta is glossy with sauce. If needed, add an additional 1/4 cup pasta water to loosen. Season with kosher salt, to taste.
• Transfer the pasta to a large bowl, top with gremolata and drizzle with more olive oil. Pass additional grated cheese at the table, if desired.

GREEN BEANS WITH ORANGE AND ROSEMARY GREMOLATA

Steps:

• Cook beans in large pot of boiling salted water until crisp-tender, about 4 minutes. Drain; rinse with cold water to cool quickly. Drain again. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Wrap in several layers of paper towels, then place in plastic bag. Chill.)
• Mix garlic, parsley, rosemary, orange peel, and lemon peel in small bowl. Transfer 1 tablespoon gremolata to another small bowl; reserve for garnish.
• Melt butter in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add remaining gremolata and stir 30 seconds. Add broth, orange juice concentrate, and lemon juice and bring to simmer. Add green beans. Cook until beans are heated through and liquid is reduced enough to coat beans thickly, tossing frequently, about 5 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Transfer beans to bowl. Sprinkle with reserved gremolata.

GREEN AND WAX BEANS WITH WALNUT GREMOLATA

Steps:

• Bring a large saucepan two-thirds full of salted water to a boil over high heat. Add beans and simmer 5 minutes, or until crisp-tender. Drain beans.
• In a large skillet heat butter and oil over moderate heat until foam subsides and cook walnuts, stirring occasionally, until golden. Stir in garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Stir in beans, parsley, lemon juice, zest, and salt to taste and heat through.

GREMOLATA GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• To make the gremolata: The ingredients must be hand chopped with a knife.
• Stir together the zest, parsley, garlic and salt.
• Slowly pour in the oil constantly stirring until it is well blended.
• It can be kept covered in the fridge for 3 days.
• Steam the bean until crisp tender.
• While hot, toss with two tablespoons of "Gremolata" and sprinkle with lemon juice
• Serve hot or at room temperature (the lemon juice will turn the beans brown so do not do this ahead of time).