Green Beans with Bechamel
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- green beans
- butter
- salt and pepper
- balsamella (bechamel) of cream, butter and flour
- fried bread cut in almond shapes
Instructions
- Boil the beans green (with a teaspoon of soda).
- Saute lightly in butter with salt and pepper.
- Coat with a flowing cream balsamella.
- Garnish with almond-shaped fried bread; serve as an interlude dish.