Green beans with almonds and a touch of lemon

A healthy, fresh, and incredibly flavorful recipe. Add ginger, too.

green beans
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 15 minutes
difficulty: Very low

Green Beans with Almonds Recipe

A unique dish, from the great cuisine, but very simple and quick to make. The recipe for green beans with almonds, with a touch of lemon and ginger, following the instructions of Gabriele Rubini (better known as chef Rubio) and Stefania Ruggeri contained in the book  The New Mediterranean Diet and 70 Recipes Revisited by Chef Rubio.

 BOILED GREEN BEANS RECIPE

Ingredients

  • 800 grams of green beans
  • 30 grams of almonds
  • a clove of garlic
  • 10 g of lemon juice
  • mint and ginger fresh
  • 20 ml of extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

In a bowl, combine lemon juice, minced garlic, oil, ginger , and a pinch of salt. Toast the sliced ​​almonds in a nonstick pan over very low heat. Blanch the green beans for a few minutes and cool them in ice water. Toss with the marinade, then garnish with toasted almonds and mint leaves.

An advice

If you want to add a touch of freshness to the dish, you can chop some cherry tomatoes and add them to the dish, dressing them only with a little balsamic vinegar.

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