Green Beans With Brown Butter And Pine Nuts Food

GREEN BEANS WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of water to boil, add green beans and 1/4 teaspoon salt. Cook on medium heat for 5 minutes. Drain the beans.
• Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat. Add minced garlic and cooked green beans.
• Saute on medium heat for about 2 minutes, stirring.
• Remove from heat. Add freshly squeezed lemon juice and stir. Add grated Parmesan cheese and stir. Top with lightly toasted pine nuts. Season with more salt, if needed. Season with coarsely ground black pepper.

GREEN BEANS WITH WALNUTS

Steps:

• Place the walnuts on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 5 to 8 minutes.
• Cook beans in large pot of boiling salted water until just tender, about 5 minutes. Drain. Rinse beans with cold water, and drain well. Can be prepared 6 hours ahead. Let stand at room temperature.
• Melt butter or margarine with oil in heavy large skillet over high heat. Add beans and toss until heated through, about 4 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Add walnuts and parsley and toss. Transfer to bowl and serve.

CRISP HARICOTS VERTS WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Have ready large bowl ice water. In large pot boiling salted water , blanch haricots verts until crisp-tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain, then plunge into ice water to stop cooking. Drain again and pat dry. (Haricots verts can be blanched 1 day ahead, drained and patted dry, and refrigerated until ready to use.)
• In large skillet over moderately high heat, melt butter. Cook, uncovered, until dark golden and fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in pine nuts and toast, stirring, until golden, about 30 seconds. Add haricots verts, oregano, salt, and pepper; toss until heated through. Serve warm or at room temperature.

GREEN BEANS WITH LEMON AND PINE NUTS

Steps:

• Cook beans in a 4-quart saucepan of boiling salted water until just tender, about 5 minutes, then drain well in a colander. Transfer to a bowl and toss with nuts, parsley, zest, oil, and salt and pepper to taste.

CARAMELIZED GREEN BEANS WITH PINE NUTS

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat butter and oil over medium-low. Add green beans; partially cover, and cook, tossing occasionally, until green beans are tender and browned in spots, 30 minutes. Add pine nuts; cook until nuts are toasted, 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

BROWN BUTTER GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F
• Cut off the top of the garlic head and discard. Put the garlic on a square of aluminum foil and drizzle with the olive oil. Wrap the foil around the garlic, put in the oven and roast for 50 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool to room temperature. Once cooled, remove the garlic from the foil and squeeze the garlic head, cut side down, over a small bowl until all of the roasted garlic cloves pop out. Mash the pulp with a fork and set aside.
• In a large skillet over medium-high heat melt the butter and cook until it begins to foam, turn light brown and acquire a nutty aroma. Turn the heat to low, add the shallots, and cook for 2 minutes. Add the green beans, roasted garlic, and almonds, and season with salt and pepper, to taste. Transfer the beans to a serving bowl and serve immediately.

GREEN BEANS WITH PINE NUT BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• cut steam end off of 1 lb fresh green beans. (use fresh frozen when out of season).
• in medium sauce pan bring water to a boil. place green beans in mesh strainer and steam them. (should be hot all the way through while retaining garden fresh snap).
• while beans are steaming, melt butter in med saute pan. when butter is lightly caramelized (just turning a light brown color) add pine nuts.
• saute nuts till butter reaches preferred amount of caramelized color. (I like it to be well caramelized, some people don't though.).
• if you want sauce a little thicker just stir in a pinch of arrow root. Be careful with this as it doesn't take much.
• slice cherry tomatoes in fourths.
• plate green beans all in one direction, spoon a little sauce over middle of beans, place a piece of sliced cherry tomato on top.
• makes an attractive addition to any meal.

LEMON PINE NUT GREEN BEANS

Steps:

• Blanch green beans in salted boiling water. Drain and pat dry.
• In a large skillet melt butter over medium to medium high heat.
• Cook shallots approximately 1 minute. (Stir often to prevent burning).
• Add pine nuts to toast for an additional minute.
• Add green beans and toss (just enough to warm and coat.).
• Add lemon juice, salt, and pepper. I like to add some fresh lemon peel as well. Gives it a great additional taste.
• Toss well to combine all ingredients.
• ENJOY!