Chefs' Recipes

James Hird and Todd Garratt: Green beans with lemon and mint

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for green beans with lemon and mint by James Hird and Todd Garratt from Sydney restaurant Buzo.
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James Hird and Todd Garratt: Green beans with lemon and mint

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“Lemon, mint and olive oil do to green beans what Pininfarina does to Ferraris – super-charges them. This dish is the essence of simplicity.”

Ingredients

Method

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1.Blanch beans. Drain beans, cool slightly, then top with lemon rind, juice and olive oil. Season to taste, scatter over mint leaves and serve.

This recipe is from the August 2009 issue of .

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