Green Beans With Cranberry Pesto

Green beans at their best! A colorful, tasty addition to any Yom Tov seudah. Pairs equally well with meat, chicken, or fish. Thanks, David M.

Directions

Prepare the Green Beans

1. Place the pumpkin seeds, cranberries, garlic cloves, and lemon juice in a food processor and process until very finely chopped. While the food processor is running, slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Blend for about three minutes, scraping down sides and top twice in middle. Season with salt, pepper, and sugar.

2. Put green beans in a large pot of well-salted boiling water until bright green in color and tender crisp, approximately eight minutes for fresh beans, less for frozen. Drain and place in a bowl of cold water to stop the cooking. Arrange the green beans on a serving plate and spoon the pesto on top.

Notes:

When reheating this dish, do not warm pesto in the oven (it dries out). Warm the green beans on a blech or hot plate and place the pesto near the blech so it’s room temperature. Also, pesto can be made in advance and frozen.

Credits

Photographer: Daniel Lailah

Food Styling: Amit Farber

Recipe tags

Allergy-friendly Color Craisins Cranberry Dried fruit Green Green beans Greenbeans Holiday Pesto Quick-and-easy Savory sides Shavuos Simple sides String beans Super easy Thanksgiving Yom tov Yom tov sides