Green Beans Scented with Vanilla
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- green beans
- soffritto of oil, shallot, parsley, carrot, celery
- salt and pepper
- broth
- tomato sauce
- tsp vanilla sugar
Instructions
- Soak the beans; if tender, use them raw and whole.
- Make a soffritto of oil, shallot, parsley, carrot and celery; season and lengthen with broth or pass it.
- Add tomato sauce and cook the beans in it.
- Finish with two teaspoons of vanilla sugar (or nepitella/calamint instead).