Green Bean Casserole
with
Smoked Gammon Steaks
This Green bean casserole combined with milk, fresh cream and smoked gammon steaks is a hearty and delicious treat both for lunch or supper. I love green beans,
fresh cream sauces, smoked meat and
casserole recipes. So when Green beans are in season and we can get our hands on a bunch of them that have been freshly picked I am always up for recipes that I can use them in. So when I came across the idea of this casserole recipe I couldn't resist.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
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Cooking time: at least 60 minutes
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Resting time: 0 minutes
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Total time needed: at least 1 H 20 minutes
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Grade of Difficulty: standard
This recipe was inspired by Engelmietz you can find her original recipe in German language here
Ingredients
for
Green Bean Casserole
- 2 tbs. of olive oil
- 500 grams / 17.6 oz green beans, chopped
- 300 grams / 10.6 oz smoked gammon steak, cut into cubes
- 4 cloves of garlic, chopped fine
- 1 medium sized onion, chopped fine
- 1 small leek, sliced into rings
- 1/2 cup full cream milk
- 1/2 cup fresh cream
- 1/2 cup water from cooked potatoes and green beans
- 3 tbs. fresh savory chopped fine
- 1/2 red cayenne chili chopped fine
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
- Place green beans and potato cubes in a large pot with salted water and bring the water to the boil
- Let them simmer gently for about 20 minutes
- Pore them into a large wire mesh or colander and save about one cup of the water for later
- Heat the oil in a large frying pan and on medium heat fry gammon pieces and onions on all sides till onions start to change color
- Add the flower, garlic and chili, stir and fry for another minute
- Next quench the heat with the milk and fresh cream
- Stir all ingredients well, once the sauce starts to boil again add about half a cup of the kept bean and potato water to the pan
- Add salt, pepper and savory to the pan and stir well, cover with lid and switch of the stove
- Place green beans and potatoes into a casserole dish and pore the gammon steak sauce evenly over them
- Sprinkle the grated cheese on top of the sauce
- Place the casserole dish in the the preheated oven 180 degrees Celsius / 356 Fahrenheit and with top and bottom heat on bake the dish for about 15 minutes
- Keep an eye on the cheese, it should turn golden brown
Remove the casserole from the oven and serve hot.
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