
Green beans, fried olives, goat’s cheese and basil
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 2
Ingredients
- 180g green beans, trimmed
- 5 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 60g Gaeta or Kalamata black olives, pitted
- 80g soft goat’s cheese
- a handful basil
- ½ lemon, juiced
Method
- STEP 1
Blanch the green beans in a large pan of boiling salted water for 2 minutes or until just tender, then plunge straight into a bowl of iced water. Leave to cool for 5 minutes, then drain well.
- STEP 2
Gently heat the olive oil and garlic in a frying pan over a medium heat and, when
it’s sizzling and just starts to colour, add the olives and green beans for a few minutes to warm through. - STEP 3
Remove the pan from the heat and break in the goat’s cheese, tear the basil, squeeze over the lemon juice and season. Divide between two plates to serve.