A traditional dish in France that's always a pleasure to eat yet so easy to prepare. From casual to fancy dinner, it's the perfect side for your meat or fish dishes.
Heat a large quantity of water with a pinch of salt. While the water is heating, rinse and remove the stalks from the green beans.
Cook the beans in the boiling water for about 8 minutes. They should still be crunchy.
Drain the beans and put them immediately into a bowl of ice-cold water, or even water with ice cubes, to stop the cooking and keep the vibrant green color.
Prepare the bundles (see step-by-step photos).
Form 6 small piles of green beans, arranging them parallelly, one next to the other, forming bundles.
Place each pile at the end of a slice of bacon. Roll up so that the bundle of green beans is well covered with bacon.
Trim the ends of the beans to create uniform bundles (optional). Repeat for each bundle.
Fry the bacon-wrapped green bean bundles
Heat two large knobs of butter in a frying pan. When the butter has melted, arrange the bundles in the pan (you can hold them in place with a toothpick, also optional).
Fry the green bean bundles, turning them occasionally so that the bacon is golden on all sides. This will cook the bacon and heat the beans.
Serve immediately.
Notes
Shares: I count here 3 bundles per person. The main steps: 1- Cook green beans until slightly crunchy. 2- Create bundles by rolling green beans in thin bacon slices. Bundles can be prepared ahead. 3- Then pan-fry bundles in butter before serving until bacon is crisp and golden.