29 July 2011

Green Beans with Frizzled Prosciutto and Gruyère



This recipe comes from a vegetable cookbook put out by Culinary Institute of America. I love all three of the main ingredients and can't imagine a better dress-up vegetable side dish for this time of year! Our green beans are coming on right now. Yesterday we picked a large colander full ... perfect thin fuzzy green beans!


I am already thinking of three bean salad, sautèed green beans with hot Asian spices, beans with blanched almonds and butter... oh boy! No more frozen or big tough beans from the grocer's cross-country haul! They're comin' from the garden out back and they're the real deal!




Green Beans with Frizzled Prosciutti and Gruyère
courtesy of Culinary Institute of America's Vegetables

Ingredients:

1 ½ tbsp. lemon juice
1 ½ tsp. white wine vinegar
1 tbsp. minced shallots, plus another 1 tbsp. to add after processing the dressing
kosher salt and black pepper, to taste
3 ½ tbsp. olive oil
½ lb. fresh green beans, tipped
⅛ lb. prosciutto, thinly sliced and torn into strips
⅛ lb. Gruyère cheese, cut into matchsticks

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and add the green beans. Blanche for just a few minutes, until the beans are tender crisp. Then, plunge the beans into an ice bath to stop cooking and fix the bright green color. Drain and refrigerate.

2. In a non-stick fry pan, add a few drops of olive oil and the prosciutto. Place over medium-high heat and toss until the meat is crisping and curling, but not blackened. Drain on a paper towel and set aside.

3. Combine the lemon juice, white wine vinegar, 1 tbsp. of the shallots, in a hand blender’s bowl and ‘zip’ to make a paste. Drizzle in the olive oil and continue ‘zipping’ to make a dressing emulsion. Pour the dressing into the bottom of a pretty serving bowl and add the rest of the shallots.

4. When ready to serve, place the beans, prosciutto, and cheese ‘match sticks in the bowl and toss the dressing up through the salad. Add salt and pepper, to taste.



10 comments:

  1. I could eat this for breakfast! It looks so delicious! Thanks for a great recipe!

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  2. These really look delicious. I hope you have a great weekend. Blessings...Mary

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  3. but what's in the loaf?... I love green beans... I suppose i could boil them in the kettle when I make tea....

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  4. Ha! Dom! I was wondering how demolished Belleau Kitchen is coming along on its was to complete renovation! The loaf is that zucchini bread I made the other day!

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  5. What an interesting and lovely combination, sounds delicious!

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  6. Fresh green beans are so delicious. You think you found a good frozen brand in the winter time, then you have fresh native green beans and what a difference. This recipe is what I like about cooking. A few good, fresh ingredients and you have yourself a delicious dish.

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  7. When I still had my own gardens I always had runner beans growing up the sides of the deck. Not only did the hummingbirds love them but we loved the beans.

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  8. Oh yum. How delicious. I could easily eat a bowlful of that, followed by a slice of that loaf and a cup of tea :)

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  9. You do not understand just how badly I want to eat that whole bowl full! Prosciutto and gruyere are two of my favorite things in the world. I've never combined either w/ green beans, I don't think. That's going to change very, VERY soon. Delicious dish :D

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