How to make Green Beans Parmesan Cream and Pumpkin Seeds
Incredible that something so simple can be so tasty, but it is. This is at it’s best made with new season beans. The crunchiest sweetest ones. When you find these then this is the time to whip this up.
OK, you don’t need to mention that it contains lots of cheese. It may not be an every night side dish but there should be enough occasions that you could find to make it. Something else that you may like is you can add all kinds of other vegetables to it. You can add vegetables such as broccoli or Brussels sprouts or grilled zucchini. If you don’t want to use green vegetables then you could substitute baby carrots or roasted cauliflower or mushrooms. The other thing that makes this irresistible is the crunchy pumpkin seeds.
Green Beans, Parmesan cream and Pumpkin seeds
Ingredients
- 125 gm cream cheese
- 250 ml cream
- 50 gm Parmesan cheese grated
- 5 gm pepper
- 1/2 cup pumpkin seeds toasted
- 60 ml olive oil
- 1 pinch salt
- 500 gm green beans blanched
Instructions
- Prepare the Green Beans. Top and tail the beans. Steam and cool or blanch in hot water.
- To make the sauce Put the cream cheese and cream into a pot on the stove and gently heat till hot but not boiling. You could also put it into a jug and put into the microwave and heat till hot but not boiling
- Take off the heat. Add the grated cheese and stir till melted. The liquid should be hot enough so that the cheese will melt when the cream cheese is stirred. Add a little fresh grated pepper . Taste and add salt if necessary.Put the sauce aside aside keep warm.
- Put a small frypan on the heat and once hot add 1 Tablespoon of oil add the pumpkin seeds and toss over heat until starting to colour. sprinkle with a little salt and pour out onto a plate or dish to cool.
- Spread some of the Parmesan cream onto a dish or platter. Put the warm beans on top and sprinkle with pumpkin seeds and a drizzle of olive oil.
- Serve the rest of the sauce in a separate bowl
We had this with a roasted one pot chicken rosemary and potato dish. The recipe is coming up
I love green beans but never have I had them prepared like this. The parmesan cream sauce sounds fantastic! I voted for you and hope you get good news once the polls close. Good luck!
Sometimes simple ingredients really are the best – I love the use of pumpkin seeds here!
Congrats on your win!! Your green beans look terrific…I cannot wait to get some fresh summer produce!
This looks so fresh and incredibly delicious!
Ooee! I have pumpkin seeds, green beans, AND parmesan in my fridge. 🙂
A scrumptious dish and wonderful combination!
Cheers,
Rosa
What a nice way to dress up beans Tania, much snazzier than my usual chopped parsley sprinkle!
Good luck with the competition sweetie, I hope you win xox
Hehe nothing wrong with a lot of cheese! 😀 The more cheese the better really!
I cooked beans for dinner last night but just drizzled them in olive oil with a squeeze of lemon juice, then threw in a bit of grilled haloumi. It was very nice but this looks so much better. Your presentation is lovely with such depth of greenness to your beans and then the lovely contrasting sauce. Must go and buy some pumpkin seeds xx
I love these beans! I did vote for you. I hope you win because I love your blog.
Yum!! You could teach Enrico at the Italian resto a thing or two..hahahaha
Will bookmark for the next time we have fresh beans from the garden! xx