Green Bean Mold

Origin: Florence, Italy

Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Trim and briefly boil the beans, then plunge into cold water.
  2. Flavor with meat gravy and butter, or cook with a soffritto and a little water.
  3. Make a balsamella with butter, flour and milk.
  4. Bind the cooled beans with the balsamella, Parmesan and beaten eggs.
  5. Pour into a buttered, paper-lined mold and cook over the fire or in a bain-marie; serve hot.

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