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Green beans with tomato, Greek-style - about this recipe

Another nice way to use your home-grown green beans, this time with a Greek slant

Servings

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 450 g 91 lb) green beans, trimmed and cut into 5 cm (2") lengths
• ½ cup good vegetable stock
• 1 onion, peeled and chopped
• 1 garlic clove, peeled and chopped
• ¾ cup diced tomato, peeled if you so wish
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 tablespoon tomato puree
• sea salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• Lemon wedges for garnish

Method

1. Fill a large bowl with cold water
2. Add the beans to a large pot of boiling water, return to the boil and simmer for 4 minutes
3. Drain and discard the cooking water and plunge the cooked beans into cold water to prevent further cooking
4. Add the vegetable stock to the pan, add the onion ans simmer for 10 minutes
5. Add the garlic and oregano and simmer for another 5 minutes
6. Add the green beans back to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes until re-heated and cooked to your liking
7. Season to taste with salt and pepper

Serving suggestions

Serve garnished with lemon wedges