Name: Green beans, fried olives, goat’s cheese and basil
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: 180g green beans, trimmed; 5 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil; 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced; 60g Gaeta or Kalamata black olives, pitted; 80g soft goat’s cheese; a handful basil; ½ lemon, juiced

Green Beans Recipe with Fried Olives and Goat's Cheese

180g green beans
trimmed
5 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil
2 cloves garlic
thinly sliced
60g Gaeta or Kalamata black olives
pitted
80g soft goat’s cheese
a handful basil
½ lemon
juiced

Method

step 1
Blanch the green beans in a large pan of boiling salted water for 2 minutes or until just tender, then plunge straight into a bowl of iced water. Leave to cool for 5 minutes, then drain well.
step 2
Gently heat the olive oil and garlic in a frying pan over a medium heat and, when
it’s sizzling and just starts to colour, add the olives and green beans for a few minutes to warm through.
step 3
Remove the pan from the heat and break in the goat’s cheese, tear the basil, squeeze over the lemon juice and season. Divide between two plates to serve.