*  Exported from  MasterCook  *

                           Green Beans Supreme

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Serving Size  : 6    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Side Dish                        Vegetables

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   1       lb           Fresh green beans -- trimmed and
                        - French cut
   1       c            Water
     1/2   lb           Fresh mushrooms -- sliced
   3       tb           Butter
     1/2   c            Ham -- chopped
           ds           Nutmeg
     1/4   c            Parmesan -- grated
     1/2   ts           Salt
   2       tb           Butter
   1       c            Heavy cream
   1                    Egg
   1                    Lemon -- juice of
                        Salt -- to taste
                        Pepper -- to taste

  Cook green beans in salted water using the 1/2 ts salt in covered
  pot until crisp tender. Drain. In skillet, saute sliced mushrooms
  in 2 tb butter. Add mushrooms to green beans using slotted spoon.
  Add 3 tb butter and cream to beans and cook, uncovered, on low heat
  until absorbed. In a small bowl, beat egg, nutmeg, lemon juice, and
  grated parmesan cheese. Stir ham into green beans and mushrooms and
  heat through. Mix egg mixture in and remove form heat.
  
  Yield: 6 Servings
  
  Recipe by New Orleans Times-Picayune Recipe Contest Cookbook, 1979

  Typed for you by Nancy Coleman
 

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