Charred green beans with sauté potatoes, chermoula and fried almonds

Name: Charred green beans with sauté potatoes, chermoula and fried almonds
Total time: 40 min
Ingredients: 150g of flaked almonds; 3 tbsp of olive oil; 1 pinch of salt; 1 pinch of caster sugar; 2 large potatoes, cut into 2cm dice; flaky sea salt; black pepper; 500g of green beans, trimmed; 3 tbsp of chermoula

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This easy vegan side dish plays on simple but effective texture and flavour contrasts – the crunch of sweet, earthy almonds versus crispy sauté potatoes and charred green beans. The addition of chermoula brings the zing of preserved lemon and herbs to the table too, making this equally suitable as a vegan main course. This is one of our favourite summer vegan recipes – click the link for more.

First published in 2019

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You can make this dish all in one pan if you want to save on washing up, but it's a little quicker to have a couple of pans on the go.

We used our own chermoula recipe for this dish, which you can find here. Shop bought versions are perfectly good, but as always, making your own gives you more versatility and often turns out fresher.

A few small alterations can really adapt this dish to different situations. This version – with crispy potatoes, dry-roasted beans and fragrant chermoula – is rich and earthy, but you could lighten things by gently blanching the beans instead, boiling your potatoes and serving as a sort of potato salad with a vegan mayonnaise. Either way, the basic combination of potato, beans, preserved lemon, herbs and almonds is a winner.

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Almonds

150g of flaked almonds
3 tbsp of olive oil
1 pinch of salt
1 pinch of caster sugar

Potatoes

Green beans

500g of green beans, trimmed
3 tbsp of chermoula

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Start by frying your almonds – pour three tablespoons of olive oil into a small pan and put over a medium-high heat. Get a sieve ready over a heatproof bowl so you can drain your almonds when they start to colour – it's important to do this now so your almonds don't burn! Fry your flaked almonds in the oil until they're a light golden colour, then drain in the sieve, keeping the oil in the bowl underneath

Scatter the almonds on kitchen paper to drain the remaining oil, and season with salt and sugar

Pour the infused almond oil into a non-stick frying pan and heat until the oil is shimmering, then add your diced potato into the pan. Fry until the potato is golden brown on all sides, then season with sea salt and pepper and drain on kitchen paper

Return the pan to the heat and dry-fry your beans until they are charred and wrinkly. How far you take them is really up to you – you might want to do this in two batches depending on the size of your pan

Once your beans are collapsed and nicely blackened, tip them into a bowl and mix with the chermoula until the beans are well coated. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper

To serve, simply combine the green beans and potatoes and top with the fried almonds. Finish with a bit more sea salt and pepper if necessary

First published in 2019

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