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Green Beans With Walnuts & Tarragon

Type: Vegetables
Serves: 6 people

Recipe Ingredients

1 lb 454g / 16ozBeans - (blue lakes, yellows
  Haricot verts)
1 tablespoon 15mlWalnut oil
1 tablespoon 15mlOlive oil
1   Shallot - finely diced
1 teaspoon 5mlFresh tarragon - minced
4   New-crop walnuts - cracked
  And broken into quarters
  Salt and pepper
  Tarragon vinegar =or= champagne vinegar
  (to taste)

Recipe Instructions

TIP STEM ENDS OF BEANS. Bring 4 quarts water to boil and add 1 1/2 tablespoons salt. Cook beans in 2 batches until tender but still a little firm, then lift out. Lay them on a kitchen towel to dry for a minute or so.

Transfer to a bowl. Add oils, shallot, tarragon and walnut pieces. Toss and season to taste with salt and pepper. Add a little vinegar just before serving. Serve warm.

Source:
Ronald Johnson

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