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Hazelnut Green Beans with Blue Cheese

There's green beans . . . and then there's Green Beans! These, for the record, are the special capital letter variety. These are Green Beans! Meaning, that these are the sort of vegetable side dish you can and will get excited about.

I do have a tendency to get a little too excited about tasty food, but these Hazelnut Green Beans with Blue Cheese had everyone at the table bobbing their heads and mumbling a lot of mmm's and ooh's as they disappeared from plates. They really are delicious.

It helps to have fresh garden picked green beans, but the real secret ingredient in this recipe is the oil. Until recently, I had never used Hazelnut Oil, but it has now become a permanent member of my pantry staples. This oil is seriously good stuff!

This is the kind of oil, the kind of flavor, that makes ordinary foods taste like something special. You don't cook with this Hazelnut Oil, but when you drizzle it over a salad or a simple plate of veggies, they are instantly elevated to a new level of yummy. Forget salad dressing, this simple oil does the trick quite well!

This particular Hazelnut Oil is from the fourth generation French Oil Mill, Huilerie Emile Noel, and I highly recommend it. (You can find it at Whole Foods.)
 

The kids not only enjoyed eating this, they also enjoyed helping me make this. They were in charge of trimming green beans and cracking hazelnuts. They had a lot of fun helping, which I believe always makes their food taste better.

They did, however, have to spend a little time playing clean up crew after lunch to find the many nut shells that ended up all over the kitchen (seriously, ALL OVER the kitchen - shells were flying everywhere!). They ate all their vegetables though, so no complaints from me.

Yield: 6

Hazelnut Green Beans with Blue Cheese

Hazelnut Green Beans with Blue Cheese
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 pound fresh French Beans, washed and trimmed
  • 3 tablespoons Hazelnut Oil
  • ½ cup hazelnuts, chopped
  • ½ cup blue cheese, crumbled
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. In a large skillet, bring 2 cups of water to a boil. Add the green beans and blanch, cooking for about 5 minutes. Beans should be bright green and crisp. Drain beans and place in ice water to cool for about 5 minutes. Drain again and place in a large bowl.
  2. Toss beans with the oil until evenly coated. Gently stir in nuts and cheese, then season to taste with salt and pepper. Enjoy.
© Some the Wiser

I received a complimentary bottle of Hazelnut Oil from Huilerie Emile Noel to test. All opinions are my own.

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