South Croatian Sautéed French Beans Food

SOUTH CROATIAN SAUTéED FRENCH BEANS

Steps:

• Clean the French beans and cut into two or three parts (3-5 cm).
• Sauté finely minced onion on butter until translucent.
• In the meantime put French beans into hot water and cook 5-8 minutes, than remove from water and drain.
• Add French beans into sautéed onion; add tomato juice, very finely minced garlic and parsley. Season it with salt and pepper. Stir and add some beef stock to cover French beans.
• Cook until French beans are soft, or 20-30 minutes adding beef stock if necessary.

CROATIAN ARMY BEANS

Steps:

• Soak beans overnight in water. Wash the beans and put it in fresh cold water unit it boils. Cook it for 10 minutes, change the water, and cook for more 20-30 minutes. Remove beans and put it in cold water.
• Melt the lard in the pot and add the sliced onion. Sauté the onion until it is soft. Add minced pancetta and sauté it for 5 more minutes, than add garlic. Sauté it for 1-2 minutes and add flour. Sauté it until the flour is slightly brown and than add paprika and chilli.
• Add water gently and make a cream of all ingredients. Than add beans and bay leaf and water to cover the beans. Cook for 1 hour on very gently fire. (in Croatia we have special sausages "cesnjovke" which we put in this beans and cook all together, but you can put any kind of smoked, dried meat - pork or beef).
• Very important to know is that you do not add chilli or any kind of hot paprika afterwards. Hot paprika must be cooked from the very beginning or you will suffer from very bad digestive process. We in Croatia always drink alcohol if we eat something hot, otherwise, you'll also have very bad digestive process. This meal is very good during cold winter, it renews your strength.

CROATIAN SIMPLE FRENCH BEANS SALAD

Steps:

• Clean French beans, cut into 5 cm pieces and cook in hot water (throw it into hot water to preserve nice green color).
• Cook 10 minutes and than change water and cook until soft. Remove French beans from water and put into a salad bowl.
• While hot, pour over oil and finely minced garlic. You can also season it completely with vinegar (use water to dissolve vinegar if it is too strong) salt and pepper but cool it and eat cold.

CROATIAN CAULIFLOWER/FRENCH BEANS/BRUSSELS SPROUTS

Steps:

• Put cauliflower in hot water, add salt and cook until soft.
• Melt butter in a pan, add bread crumbs and fry it until dark brown (do not burn it).
• Take out cauliflower cut it in pieces and put it into hot pan with butter and bread crumbs. Fry it just 2-4 minutes and mix gently to cover with bread crumbs.
• Before serving, add sour cream.
• You can also eat it without sour cream, so just put the sour cream jar on the table. Serve with roasted meat.
• The same procedure is with French beans or Brussels sprouts, but make sure to put green vegetables into hot water - that will keep green colour.

EASY FRESH BEAN, GARLIC AND ONION SAUTE

Steps:

• Rinse the beans with cold water and trim off ends.
• In medium saucepan, steam the beans (tightly covered) in about 1/4 cup water until tender, about 5 minutes; remove from water to drain well, and set aside (I pat them dry with paper towels).
• In a skillet heat the oil or butter (can use both).
• Add in sliced onions, and chopped garlic; saute for about 3 minutes.
• Add in zest, 2/3 cup orange juice, salt and pepper to taste.
• Add in the steamed beans; toss to coat.
• Heat for about 1 more minute or so.
• Delicious!