Green Beans with Brown Butter Sauce
By Andrew Zimmern
Ingredients
- 2 pounds green beans
- 1/2 pound (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 12 sage leaves
- 4 egg yolks
- 6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
- Pinch of cayenne
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Instructions
Trim the stem ends of the green beans.
Place a steamer basket in a large pot filled with a few inches of water. Add the green beans to the basket. Bring to a boil and cover. Cook until green beans are crisp but tender, about 5 to 7 minutes.
Melt the butter in a saucepan. Add the sage leaves. Continue to cook the butter until it is nut brown and very fragrant, about 8 to 12 minutes. Scrape solids off the bottom of the pan with a spatula. Reserve fried sage leaves for garnish.
Place egg yolks into a blender and add lemon juice, cayenne, mustard and season well. Pulse once or twice. Pour hot brown butter into the blender slowly in a thin stream to emulsify.
Keep sauce warm and pour over the beans, garnishing with the fried sage leaves.
Photograph courtesy of Magnolia Network.
