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Saving The Side Dish - Part 2. Blistered Long Beans with Lemon, Shallots, Mustard and Mint

Arthur Huxley - 18-04-2019

Ingredients

1 x Bunch of Long Beans

30g Butter

1 x Cup sliced button mushrooms

1/2 x Tablespoon Dijon mustard

1/2 x Juice small lemon

1 x Bunch shallots, finely diced

2 x Tablespoons chopped mint

Olive Oil - Refer note below

Mineral Salt

Method

Slice the beans into 8 - 10 cm length. Heat a wok or heavy based pan, add the Olive Oil and gently toss the beans until they take on a dark blistered look. Add the Salt to taste

Remove and keep warm then in the pan add the butter, shallots, mushrooms, mint leaves, mustard and the lemon juice. Stir until the shallots and mushrooms have softened then return the beans to the pan and mix well.

You will now have a Side Dish the match for any puffed up main course !