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Green beans with stewed tomatoes

Serves 4

Difficulty Easy

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cooking Time 35 minutes

Ingredients

2 T olive oil
1 T butter
1 red onion, roughly chopped
4 cloves garlic, crushed
2 bay leaves
6 Woolworths Roma tomatoes, halved
salt, to taste
350 g green beans, blanched

Method

1. Heat the olive oil and butter in a large pan over a medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and bay leaves. Cook until tender, about 15 minutes.

2. Add the tomatoes and seasoning, then cook for 10 minutes, or until soft.

3. Serve the beans topped with the hot tomatoes.

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Photographs: Andrea Van Der Spuy
Food assistants: Bianca Strydom and Irinja Bekker

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