Pancetta Green Beans
This week, the French Fridays with Dorie group made Pancetta Green Beans from Dorie Greenspan's cookbook Around my French Table.I work on Saturday this week, so I have Friday off. I explored a Friday farmer's market in a neighboring city and picked up some green beans. I'm lucky to live in Los Angeles where there is a farmer's market someplace in the area everyday of the year.
The beans are blanched for a few minutes, then set in an ice bath to stop the cooking. Since I was only making a small side dish, I went to Whole Foods and bought...$.65 worth of pancetta! (One very thin slice, please). Remember, I'm the lady at the seafood stand buying $.50 worth of shrimp for dinner. You cook up the pancetta, add back in the green beans and enjoy!
Be sure to check out my fellow French Fridays with Dorie members and see their creations!
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18 comments:
Love the Meyer lemon zest...great idea!
Very lovely - fresh produce sounds heavenly right about now. The zest was a lovely addition. MMMM
I love the lemon zest addition, too...but I'm going to smiling for days about the 65 cents. Priceless! (But did you only eat one shrimp?)
@Audrey Audrey, the shrimps were on sale so I ended up with FIVE whole shrimp! :) hee hee - mary
I'm looking forward to lemon week! I just bought an appalling number of lemons :)
Beautiful pictures! I love the beans set against the green place mat... and a Meyer lemon tree??? How wonderful! These are the things we only dream about here in VA!
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I've been a big fan of yours for a long time, esp. love the 30 days of bundts!
Your photos are great and I was looking at the one with the Whole Foods label and thinking...does that say 65 cents? Great job. I am always impressed with the folks that have a plan. How cool is it to add this amazing flavor that completely transforms a dish..and do it for that price. Great job and lovely post.
Yum, I love the idea of adding lemon zest to this dish! Sounds terrific, and love your photo! :)
Beautiful photos, Mary... even the $0.60 package from WF! :)
I bet the lemon zest was perfect. You're so lucky to have all that lemon available to cook and bake with:)Your beans look wonderful. I also loved this recipe:)
I made these for Christmas, but I like the addition of the zest! Thanks for sharing! Have a wonderful weekend!
Beautiful photos, great blog and still laughing at "I like big bundts"!
Hmmm - this looks amazing Mary. And now has me craving my won .65 worth of pancetta since my hubs doesn't eat pork.
Love the .65 pancetta! Im so jealous of your Farmers market! I will have to wait until summer!!
Oh man, I love winter, but posts like this do make me long for summer.
And yay for lemon week!
great photo and yummy looking green beans!
Wonderful photos and good idea to add the zest. I paid only $2.80 for my pancetta and wished I'd gotten less - too salty!
Beautiful piece of pancetta! and so cheap! The lemon is a great idea.
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