Green beans supreme

6 servings

Ingredients

Quantity Ingredient
1 pounds Green beans; fresh, trimmed and french cut
1 cup Water
½ pounds Mushrooms; fresh, sliced
3 tablespoons Butter
½ cup Ham; chopped
dash Nutmeg
¼ cup Parmesan; grated
½ teaspoon Salt
2 tablespoons Butter
1 cup Heavy cream
1 Egg
1 Lemon; juice of
Salt; to taste
Pepper; to taste

Directions

Cook green beans in salted water using the ½ teaspoon salt in covered pot until crisp tender. Drain. In skillet, suate sliced mushrooms in 2 tablespoons butter. Add mushrooms to green beans using slotted spoon. Add 3 tablespoons butter and cream to beans and cook, uncovere, on low heat until absorbed. In a small bowl, beat egg, nutmeg, lemon juice and grated parmesan cheese. Stir ham into green beans and mushrooms and heat through. Mix egg mixture in and remove form heat.

6 servings

SOURCE: 1979 New Orleans Times-Picayune Recipe Contest Cookbook Typed for you by Nancy Coleman

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