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Green Bean Salad with Caramelized Pears, Macadamia Nuts and Bacon

5 from 6 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine European
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
 

To garnish:

  • 80 g Mung bean sprouts, fresh
  • 0,5 piece Pear, firm, juicy
  • 0,25 piece Tomato peppers, red
  • 4 Macadamia nuts
  • 4 Discs Bacon, lean
  • 2 Onions, little ones, red ones
  • 1 medium-sized Clove of garlic, fresh
  • 4 tbsp Rice wine vinegar
  • 4 tbsp Orange juice
  • 1 Lime, just the juice of it
  • 1 tbsp Sambal Bangkok ala Siu
  • 1 pinch Oregano, fresh, frozen or dried
  • 1 tbsp Sugar, whiter, finer
  • 1 tbsp Unsalted butter
  • 2 tbsp Sunflower oil
  • 1 pinch Nutmeg, freshly grated
  • Sugar, salt and black pepper to taste
  • Flowers and leaves

Instructions
 

  • Clean the beans and cook in salted water for 5 minutes until they are firm to the bite. Drain and rinse in cold water. Drain and transfer to a larger bowl. Rinse the mung bean sprouts, sort out the brown ones and also cook in salted water for 5 minutes, cool and add to the green beans. Wash the tomato pepper piece, cut into small cubes and add to the beans. Quarter the macadamia nuts.
  • Cap the ends of the onions and garlic, peel and cut into small pieces. For the dressing, mix the onions and garlic with 3 tablespoons of vinegar, the juice of a lime, 1 tablespoon of sweet-sour-hot sauce, 2 tablespoons of orange juice, 1 pinch of nutmeg, a pinch of oregano, salt and oil. Mix this dressing into the beans and season with a little sugar, pepper and salt.
  • Fry the ham in a pan without oil until crispy. Wash and peel the pears and remove the core and remnants of stems and flowers. Cut into 1 cm thick slices. Caramelize the sugar until light brown, add the butter, the pear wedges and the macadamia nut pieces. Deglaze with 1 tablespoon of vinegar and 2 tablespoons of orange juice and glaze everything evenly.
  • Distribute the beans with the bacon and the pear wedges on the serving plates, distribute the remaining sauce from the caramelization over the bean salad, garnish and serve. Good Appetite!

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 25 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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