660. Young Haricot Beans

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849

Source: The Modern Housewife
Status: success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe: No

Ingredients (10)

a pint ↝ Green beans, raw [String beans]
two quarts of water ↝ Water, tap [Tap water]
a small piece of butter ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
half an ounce of salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
butter over ↝ Butter, stick, unsalted [Dairy and Egg Products]
a little salt ↝ Salt, table, iodized [Spices and Herbs]
a gill of maître d’hôtel sauce ↝ Sauce, NFS [Dips, gravies, other sauces]
fennel sauce
a piece of ham or bacon ↝ Ham [Cold cuts and cured meats]
a piece of ham or bacon ↝ Beef, bacon, cooked [Bacon]

Instructions (5)

Boil the haricot beans in water with butter and salt.
When done, dish and serve.
Put butter over the beans.
Sprinkle a little salt over the beans.
Serve with maître d’hôtel sauce or fennel sauce, or serve plain boiled with ham or bacon.

Original Text · last edited 13 days ago

660. Young Haricot Beans.—Take a pint, boil in two quarts of water, with a small piece of butter, and half an ounce of salt; when done, which will take only a few minutes, dish and serve; put butter over, sprinkle a little salt, and when on the dish, a gill of maître d’hôtel sauce or fennel sauce may be served over the larger one, or it is very delicious plain boiled, and with a piece of ham or bacon.

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