GREEN BEANS WITH BLUE CHEESE AND TOASTED ALMONDS

Green Beans With Blue Cheese and Toasted Almonds image

This is a wonderful veggie side dish to serve to guests, it is more like a bean salad, as it is not meant to be served hot, but at room temperature. The amounts I have listed are only estimated as I really do not measure any thing when I make this dish, you can adjust all ingredients to taste. You can really use just about any kind of nuts for this recipe, I have even made this with toasted walnuts. The amounts in this recipe serve 4 but you can double or even triple the recipe to serve at a dinner party. This green bean dish is good enough to be served a fancy restaurant, it is that good!

Provided by Kittencalrecipezazz

Categories Cheese

Time 24m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

Ingredients

1/2-1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
1 -2 tablespoon finely chopped shallot (or to taste)
2 -3 tablespoons olive oil
1 1/2 cups sliced almonds, toasted
2 lbs fresh green beans, ends trimmed
1/2-3/4 cup blue cheese, crumbled (or to taste)
salt and black pepper

Steps:

In a small bowl whisk together mustard, vinegar, shallot and oil.
Prepare a bowl with ice water.
In a saucepan with a small amount of water, blanch/steam the beans until JUST firm-tender (about 3-4 minutes); drain through a colander, then immediately transfer to the bowl of ice water just for a couple of minutes to cool and keep the colour.
Remove the beans to a bowl and dry well patting with paper towels.
Drizzle the dressing over the beans; toss to combine.
Season with black pepper and a pinch of salt.
Add in blue cheese and almonds; toss to combine.
Transfer to a serving plate or bowl, and sprinkle with more sliced toasted almonds.
Serve at room temperature.
Delicious!

Nutrition Facts : Calories 390.7, Fat 29.2, SaturatedFat 5.5, Cholesterol 12.7, Sodium 257, Carbohydrate 24.1, Fiber 10.3, Sugar 8.8, Protein 15.2

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