Runner beans with lemon and garlic crumbs
 

Runner beans with lemon and garlic crumbs, is an unusual and special way of preparing runner beans that goes particularly well as a side-dish for fish.

Preparation Time             10  Mins

Cooking Time                 10  Mins

Elapsed Time                 20  Mins

Ingredients

For     6  portions

2 slices            Bread  - white, crusts removed

50 gms            Butter

2 cloves           Garlic  - crushed

1                    Lemon  - zest of, grated

1 handful         Parsley  - chopped

450 gms          Runner beans  - sliced diagonally into 1 cm lengths

1 tbs               Sage leaves  - chopped

Method

Drop the beans into boiling, salted water and boil until they are tender – about five or six minutes.

Meanwhile, grate the bread into crumbs.  Then melt the butter in a shallow pan over a moderate heat and add the crushed garlic, sage, parsley and lemon stirring them round in the butter for a minute or so without letting them colour.  Add the breadcrumbs to the seasoned butter and continue cooking until the crumbs have soaked up the butter and are starting to turn pale gold.

Drain the beans and put them into a warm serving dish and scatter over the garlic and herb breadcrumbs.