Cooking with Seasonal Savory: Green Beans with Summer Savory

Enlarge Image Image Gallery Green Beans with Summer Savory is a classic combination. No herb better complements the flavor of beans than savory.

Green Beans with Summer Savory
SERVES 4
In this side dish, substitute winter savory if you’d rather or if it’s more convenient, but use a light hand. These beans are delicious with wine-braised chicken.

Ingredients
• 1/2 small onion, minced
• 1 tablespoon butter
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh summer savory, or 1 teaspoon dried
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 1 pound green beans, trimmed and cut in 2-inch lengths
• Water

1. In a saucepan over medium heat, sauté the onion in the butter until soft but not brown. 2. Add the salt, pepper, savory, and flour, and cook, stirring for 2 minutes. 3. In another pot, boil the beans in water to cover or steam them in a small amount of water until just tender. 4. Slowly stir 1/2 cup of the bean cooking water into the onion mixture and bring the mixture to a boil. Immediately add the cooked, drained beans. 5. Transfer to a bowl and serve.

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 Recipes from Cooking from the Garden, by Rosalind Creasy (Sierra Club Books, 1988). Used with permission of the author.