Green Bean Stew

Ingredients

• • 500 g green beans
• • 4 medium potatoes, diced
• • 2 carrots, sliced or cut into sticks
• • 1 onion
• • 3 garlic cloves
• • 250 g tomato purée or paste
• • 1 tsp dried basil
• • 1 tsp sweet paprika
• • 20 ml olive oil
• • 1 tsp salt

Method

1. Chop the onion and garlic; slice the carrots.
2. Heat the olive oil in a large pot over medium heat.
3. Add the onion, garlic and carrots; sauté 7 minutes until the onion is translucent. Season lightly with salt.
4. Add the potatoes and 250 ml of water; cook 10 minutes over medium heat.
5. Blanch the green beans 5 minutes in boiling salted water; drain and rest 5 minutes.
6. Add the green beans to the pot with another 250 ml of water; cook 25 minutes over medium heat until all the vegetables are tender.
7. Stir in the tomato paste, basil and paprika; cook another 5 minutes. Serve hot.

Source: adapted from the Orthodox Parish of the Annunciation (Angers).