Green Bean Mold
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- g very tender green beans
- salt
- meat gravy or a soffritto (onion, parsley, celery, oil)
- g butter
- tbsp flour
- dl milk
- grated Parmesan
- eggs
Instructions
- Trim and briefly boil the beans, then plunge into cold water.
- Flavor with meat gravy and butter, or cook with a soffritto and a little water.
- Make a balsamella with butter, flour and milk.
- Bind the cooled beans with the balsamella, Parmesan and beaten eggs.
- Pour into a buttered, paper-lined mold and cook over the fire or in a bain-marie; serve hot.