{"id":3761,"date":"2013-08-09T06:51:44","date_gmt":"2013-08-09T06:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/?p=3761"},"modified":"2013-08-09T14:58:26","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T14:58:26","slug":"fagiolini-al-pomodoro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/italian\/fagiolini-al-pomodoro\/","title":{"rendered":"Fagiolini al Pomodoro"},"content":{"rendered":"

This morning I picked a bag full of fagiolini<\/strong> (green beans) from the orto<\/strong>, <\/strong>\u201chelped\u201d by un corvo<\/strong> (a crow)! He kept hopping around my feet, pulling off beans with his powerful beak then flapping off a couple of meters. I tried to shoo him away with a cane, making sure I didn\u2019t hit him, because I didn\u2019t want to loose too many beans to the greedy creature. <\/p>\n

The crow \u2018belongs\u2019 to a contadino<\/strong>  who lives in our village and loves adopting wild animals as pets: a few years ago he even made friends with a wild boar, Gigetta, who used to follow him around the village like a dog. Now he\u2019s got two crows, to whom he speaks in corvese<\/strong> (crow language), or so he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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NO, don\u2019t feed the crows Geoff!<\/font><\/em><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Allora<\/strong>, here\u2019s a nice summer recipe for green beans which you can make even if you don\u2019t have a crow to help you. It\u2019s a very simple recipe, but to be successful you need nice fresh tasty ingredients: juicy ripe tomatoes and sweet green beans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Ingredienti:<\/font><\/strong><\/td>\nIngredients:<\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
500 gr di fagiolini
250 gr di pomodori San Marzano
2 spicchi d\u2019aglio
3-4 foglie di salvia
olio extravergine d\u2019oliva
sale<\/strong> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/td>\n		500 grams of green beans
250 grams of <\/font>San Marzano <\/font><\/font>(plum) tomatoes
2 cloves of garlic
3-4 sage leaves
extra virgin olive oil
salt<\/font><\/font><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Rinse the green beans in cold water, top and tail them, and cut them into 3-4 cm length. Wash the tomatoes, cut them into quarters lengthwise and remove the seeds. Peel and slice the garlic. Put the oil with the garlic and the sage in a wide saucepan, and fry for a couple of minutes, but don\u2019t let the garlic go brown. Add the tomatoes, cover with the lid and let cook for about 5 minutes, until the tomatoes start to break down. Add the green beans, stir well, and let them cook gently in the tomato juice for 20-25 minutes. <\/p>\n

Half way through check that there is enough liquid, if not add a little water. Add the salt and, if the tomatoes are a bit acidic, a bit of sugar. When the green beans are tender and all the liquid has evaporated turn the heat off, and let it cool down. These beans are nice warm or cold, and taste best when cooked in advance.<\/p>\n

I normally make this recipe in a terracotta casserole rather than a steel saucepan, because I find that the final flavour is more \u201charmonious\u201d!<\/p>\n

My next recipe will be Corvo al Forno con Fagiolini \"Smile\"<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

This morning I picked a bag full of fagiolini (green beans) from the orto, \u201chelped\u201d by un corvo (a crow)! He kept hopping around my feet, pulling off beans with his powerful beak then flapping off a couple of meters. I tried to shoo him away with a cane, making sure I didn\u2019t hit him…<\/p>\n

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