Haricots Verts And Chestnuts With Date Vinaigrette
From dond 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Chef Barbara Lynch of No. 9 Park on Beacon Hill in Boston serves these thin French green beans as a salad with a hazelnut vinaigrette and fresh chestnuts to make the dish more meaty, along with finely chopped dates to provide a bit of sweetness. Read more You could probably make this with regular green beans, but I doubt it would be as appealing. You could also try to find a better restaurant in Boston, but I doubt you'd have much success there either. See less
Ingredients
- 2 cups peeled chestnuts (10 ounces). You can buy them in a can or jar already peeled, or you can go through the drudgery of peeling them yourself. Your call. shopping list
- 2 pounds haricots verts shopping list
- 2 small shallots, chopped shopping list
- ¼ cup cider vinegar shopping list
- ½ cup grapeseed oil shopping list
- ¼ cup chopped pitted dates shopping list
- 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves shopping list
- Freshly ground pepper shopping list
- salt shopping list
How to make it
- Preheat the oven to 350°.
- Spread the chestnuts on a baking sheet and bake until slightly dry, about 5 minutes.
- Let cool, then thinly slice and transfer to a large bowl.
- Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a boil.
- Add the haricots verts and cook until crisp-tender, about 5 minutes. Don't overcook.
- Drain and either cool under running water or simply shock in a bowl of ice water. Pat thoroughly dry.
- Add the beans to the chestnuts.
- In a blender, combine the shallots, cider vinegar and oil and pulse until smooth.
- Add the dates, thyme and ¼ teaspoon pepper and pulse until the dates are finely chopped but not puréed.
- Add the dressing to the beans, season with salt and toss.
- Serve at room temperature or chilled.
- The cooked beans and dressing can be refrigerated separately overnight.
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wonderful....now if I can only get them!
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Sounds fabulous! Going to try this one for certain! Thanks for sharing!
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