This is a good way of using your green beans.
Ingredients
50 ml olive oil
1 small onion finely diced
1 clove garlic finely diced
1 tablespoon cumin spice blend
300g thin green beans
400g crushed tomatoes
1 tablespoon tomato paste
½ teaspoon salt
extra virgin olive oil
Method
Heat the oil in a large saucepan. Add the onion, garlic and cumin spice blend and sauté gently until soft. Add the beans, tomatoes and tomato paste and enough water to just cover. Add salt and simmer uncovered, until the beans are tender and the liquid has reduced.
Tip into a serving dish and serve at room temperature drizzled with a little extra virgin olive oil.
To make the cumin spice blend: lightly roast, grin and sieve 100g cumin, 50g coriander seeds and 25g black peppercorns. Mix them with 75g sweet paprika and 50g ground ginger.
Author
Julie French
Montmorency