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Toasted Almond Garlic Green Beans
Fresh string beans are delicious and nutritious. The really slender ones can often be found in specialty markets; you can use regular string beans to just don’t use the canned kind.
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh string beans (clip and remove the ends)
- Sea Salt
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 3-4 garlic cloves (finely chopped)
- 3 large shallots (diced)
- Ground pepper to taste
- Nut Cheese (optional, get the recipe click here)
Instructions
- In a large pot of boiling and lightly salted water, blanch string beans for only 1.5 minutes
- Drain and immerse beans in a bowl of ice water
- In a saute pan or large pot sauté the shallots with some olive oil and garlic for 5-10 minutes or until lightly browned
- Drain the string beans and combine with the shallots
- Season with salt and pepper and toss
- Heat the mixture to warm the string beans, do not over-cook
- Serve and top with nut cheese
