Buca Di Beppo Green Beans

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb fresh green beans
• 1/4 cup butter
• 2 medium lemons (juice)
• salt, to taste

Recipe

• 1 prepare the green beans by clipping off the stem end.
• 2 melt the butter in a sauté pan on low heat. squeeze the juice out of two medium-size lemons. strain the pulp and the seeds out of the lemon juice.
• 3 when butter is melted, carefully add the lemon juice to the pan.
• 4 raise the temperature to medium and reduce until the lemon juice and butter become a sauce. do not brown the butter.
• 5 place the clipped, fresh green beans in boiling water for two to three minutes. do not overcook. the green beans should remain crisp.
• 6 strain the green beans and add to the sauce in the sauté pan. toss the green beans in the sauce and season with salt to taste. serve immediately.