French Beans, French Mode of Cooking

The Book of Household Management · Beeton, Mrs. (Isabella Mary) · 1861
Source
The Book of Household Management
Time
Cook: 25 min Total: 25 min
Yield
4.5 – 5.0 persons
Status
success · extracted 13 days ago
Not a recipe
No
Ingredients (6)
Instructions (6)
  1. Cut and boil the beans by the preceding recipe.
  2. When tender, put them into a stewpan, and shake over the fire, to dry away the moisture from the beans.
  3. When quite dry and hot, add the butter, pepper, salt, and lemon-juice.
  4. Keep moving the stewpan, without using a spoon, as that would break the beans.
  5. When the butter is melted, and all is thoroughly hot, serve.
  6. If the butter should not mix well, add a tablespoonful of gravy, and serve very quickly.
Original Text
FRENCH MODE OF COOKING FRENCH BEANS. 1091. INGREDIENTS.—A quart of French beans, 3 oz. of fresh butter, pepper and salt to taste, the juice of 1/2 lemon. Mode.—Cut and boil the beans by the preceding recipe, and when tender, put them into a stewpan, and shake over the fire, to dry away the moisture from the beans. When quite dry and hot, add the butter, pepper, salt, and lemon-juice; keep moving the stewpan, without using a spoon, as that would break the beans; and when the butter is melted, and all is thoroughly hot, serve. If the butter should not mix well, add a tablespoonful of gravy, and serve very quickly. Time.—About 1/4 hour to boil the beans; 10 minutes to shake them over the fire. Average cost, in full season, about 1s. 4d. a peck. Sufficient for 4 or 5 persons. Seasonable from the middle of July to the end of September.
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