Green beans in tomato sauce

Ingredients for 6 servings:

• 1 kg green beans, e.g. runner beans
• 2 onions
• 2 garlic cloves
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• 2 can/n tomatoes, diced
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• Thyme
• Broth, granulated
• marjoram
• pepper
• Paprika powder

Instructions

Working time approx. 45 minutes; Total time approx. 45 minutes

hot or cold – delicious with pan-fried meat or just on its own with baguette!

Wash the beans, trim the ends, and cut the beans into 4-5 cm long pieces. Peel the onion and garlic, dice them, and sauté them in olive oil. Add the beans and canned tomatoes with their juices all at once, sprinkle with the spices and herbs, stir well, and let simmer covered for about 1.5 hours. Finally, stir in a little tomato paste and season to taste! The bean dish is ready when the beans are soft and the tomato sauce has a creamy consistency. The beans shouldn’t be “swimming” in the tomato sauce! Serve them as a side dish with briefly roasted meat (e.g., with lamb steaks at Easter) or on their own as a kind of “stew” with a piece of baguette. We like to eat them cold! This dish also works wonderfully in a Roman pot; however, the beans take longer to cook in the oven, but they taste delicious too!