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Easy
6 Servings
Allergens 
25 Minutes
Diets
A crisp, hearty and sweet green bean dish with lemon-tahini dressing.
This vegetable-forward dish is perfect for Rosh Hashanah. Find tens more satisfying vegan and vegetarian recipes for the holidays here.
Check out our complete collection of Rosh Hashanah recipes for mains, sides, soups, desserts, and more inspiration for the holiday.
2 pounds fresh or frozen (thawed) French green beans (haricots verts), trimmed and washed (see note)
3 tablespoons Tuscanini Sea Salt or 2 tablespoons table salt
1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
4 cloves garlic, minced
2 (5.3-oz./150-g.) packs Gefen Chestnuts
1 cup dried tart cherries
1/8–1/4 teaspoon Tuscanini Sea Salt, to taste
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
2 cups pomegranate seeds (about 2 pomegranates), more or less to taste
1/2 cup Mighty Sesame Tahini
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons lemon juice (see note)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 cup water
Prepare a large bowl with cold water and ice cubes.
Fill a large pot with water, add the salt and bring the salted water to a boil. Add green beans and cook for about four to five minutes. The green beans will be cooked, but crunchy. If you like them softer, cook them one to two minutes longer.
Transfer green beans to the ice water bowl to stop the cooking process. Remove green beans from ice bath and drain well.
In a large skillet, heat olive oil. Add garlic and cook on medium-high for one minute. Add chestnuts, cherries, salt and black pepper, then cook over medium heat for three to four minutes. Add drained green beans and continue cooking for another five minutes, stirring frequently.
Transfer to a serving dish. Drizzle with lemony tahini and sprinkle pomegranate seeds on top.
In a small bowl, whisk together tahini, salt and lemon juice until it thickens.
Add water, one tablespoon at a time, and mix until well incorporated. For a thinner sauce, add more water one tablespoon at a time. Refrigerate until ready to use.
This recipe originally appeared on MayIHaveThatRecipe.com.
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Made for family Chanuka party, was delicious and pretty!
how long in advance can make it?
The green beans should last in the fridge for 2-3 days. I would suggest assembling right before serving.
Made this to accompany a yom tov meal and found it to be super tasty and also not that difficult to make! I love the way the brightness of the creamy tahini dressing mixes with the earthiness of the chestnuts, sweet/tartness of the dried cherries, and the lovely crunch of the pomegranate seeds on top. What a great mixture of textures and flavors! I’d definitely plan on making this again at some point.