Green Beans and Mushrooms Braised in Cream

Name: Green Beans and Mushrooms Braised in Cream
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons, unsalted butter; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; 4 , medium shallots, peeled and sliced thin crosswise; 1/2 pound, domestic mushrooms, wiped clean, stems trimmed and quartered; 1 pound, green beans, stem ends snapped off; 2/3 cup, heavy cream; 2 teaspoons, lemon juice from 1 small lemon; 1 1/2 teaspoons, fresh thyme, minced; , Salt and ground black pepper

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 1996

Side Dishes

Vegetables

Vegetarian

Boil or braise depending on the beans' age and toughness.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME40 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our recipe for braised green beans allowed us to simultaneously cook the beans and flavor them. We used tomatoes, cream, or broth in our braised green beans recipe as a braising liquid. We found that older, tougher beans in particular benef...

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