Green bean stew with bacon and smoked pork à la Gisela and Fred

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 500 g beans, green, fresh or frozen
• 3 m.-sized potatoes
• 1 onion(s)
• some bacon, fatter
• savory
• salt and pepper
• some butter for frying
• 2 slices of smoked pork
• 400 ml water
• possibly cornstarch to bind
• some water to mix the cornstarch

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 45 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour

a recipe from my friend Fred’s mother

Remove the stems and ends from the beans and remove the strings. Cut the beans into pieces about 2 cm long. Peel and dice the potatoes. Peel and dice the onion. Finely dice the bacon and fry it over low heat in a sufficiently large pot. Add a knob of butter and sauté the onions until they are translucent and have turned a very light brown color. Add the beans and potato cubes and pour in 400 ml of water. Season with 1 teaspoon of salt, then simmer for 30 minutes over low heat. Add about 1 teaspoon of savory and the smoked pork, and simmer for another 10 minutes. Finally, season to taste with a little pepper and a little more salt if desired. If you like, you can thicken the stew with a little cornstarch until smooth. To do this, stir a little cornstarch into a little water, add to the stew, and bring back to a boil briefly.