WARM GREEN BEAN, PEAR, BRIE AND CARROT SALAD
Ingredients
- 85g/3oz green beans
- trimmed
- 1 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- ½ pear
- cored
- peeled and sliced
- ½ carrot
- peeled and grated
- handful fresh coriander
- leaves only
- 30g/1oz Brie
- chopped
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- ¼ lemon
- zest and juice
Directions
- Bring a pan of salted water to the boil and blanch the green beans for two minutes. Drain and rinse under cold water
- then drain again.
- Heat the butter and caster sugar together in a small non-stick frying pan until the sugar has melted.
- Add the sliced pear to the pan and cook for two minutes
- or until well coated and caramelised but still holding its shape.
- In a bowl
- mix the carrot
- coriander leaves and Brie together and stir in the blanched green beans.
- Drizzle the green bean mixture with the olive oil and lemon juice and stir in the lemon zest.
- To serve
- pile the green bean mixture onto a serving plate and top with the caramelised pear.

