Green Beans With Sherried Onion And Mushroom Sauce

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1 cup small pearl onion, cut in half
• 1/2 lb mushroom
• 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chicken broth
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 2 tablespoons cream sherry
• ground nutmeg, a pinch
• salt
• fresh ground black pepper
• 8 cups water
• 2 lbs green beans, ends trimmed and cut in to 1-inch lengths

Recipe

• 1 in a skillet over moderate heat, melt the butter.
• 2 add in onions; cook/stir for 3 minutes.
• 3 add in mushrooms; cook, stirring a few times, until the liquid from the mushrooms has evaporated.
• 4 sprinkle the flour over the mushrooms and onions; stir until blended.
• 5 cook 2-3 minutes, stirring to make sure the vegetables don’t stick to the bottom of the pan.
• 6 gradually stir in the broth and whisk it until it comes to a boil.
• 7 add in cream and sherry; cook, stirring, until the sauce thickens.
• 8 add in nutmeg; season with salt and pepper.
• 9 bring water t a boil in a saucpan; add in green beans; return water to a boil.
• 10 cook beans until crisp-tender, about 3 minutes; drain the beans.
• 11 to serve, place warm beans in a serving dish and pour the warm sauce over them.