With turkey-lurkey day right around the corner, everyone is scouting out side dishes to dress up the white bird.
Traditional green bean casserole surely holds a soft spot in my heart and I can never turn up my nose at creamy, onion topped green beans. Of course I have to add mushrooms, but that’s a different recipe.
My recipe for Pancetta and Hazelnut Green Beans is one of those dishes that is so easy to make but looks all fancy, like it BELONGS on the Thanksgiving dinner table menu rubbing wings with the golden bird and touching edges with mashers and gravy. I never did get the whole church and state edict of segregating food from one another on the dinner plate. We’re not in 3rd grade anymore people. I like starting off with individual tastes for sure, but by the end of the meal each dish is happily represented with a bit of turkey, a touch of mash and gravy, some cranberry and a bean or two and don’t forget the stuffing, artfully stacked on my soft, butter Parker House roll for the complete, one-bite, t-day taster.
Pancetta and Hazelnut Green Beans
PrintIngredients
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- ½ pound pancetta diced
- 3 tablespoons butter divided
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 2 tablespoon shallots sliced into thin rings
- 1 pound fresh green beans trimmed
- ¼ cup Marsala wine or chicken stock
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- ¼ cup toasted hazelnuts
Instructions
- Heat olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add pancetta and cook, stirring occasionally, for 4-5 minutes or until lightly browned. Remove from skillet and drain on a paper towel.
- Add 2 tablespoons butter to same skillet. Once butter melts, add garlic and cook for 1 minute, stirring frequently and scraping the pancetta remnants from the bottom of the skillet. Add shallots and cook for 1-2 minutes.
- Add green beans, lower heat to medium, cover with lid and cook for 8-10 minutes, stirring every few minutes. Add Marsala wine and additional tablespoon of butter, cooked pancetta and salt and pepper and cook for another 3 minutes or until beans are tender but not soft. Serve topped with toasted hazelnuts.
While all of this turkey talk is fun, we all know it’s just the pre-game warm-up for the Superbowl of holidays: Christmas. Smudge has even taken awares, letting me know that she thinks Christmas is probably the most popular holiday. I wonder how she figured that out? Obviously not from the ads pimping holiday sales before Halloween or the fact that we’ve had a Christmas tree up in our living room since mid-October. She’s a smart cookie, planting seeds for her holiday list just in case someone is listening or watching or might assume it just really isn’t a big deal.
The new Holiday issue of FoodieCrush is going to be a big, big deal too.
From hipsters to Hannukah, this next issue has food bloggers sharing…
Easy yet lush cocktail and entertaining tips…
Their cookie decorating secrets…
Delectable desserts…
And even a special podcast from two of our favorite holiday homefries.
Make sure to subscribe to FoodieCrush for sneak peeks and the first reveal of the Holiday issue. Follow me on Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest and Instagram too.
Aksinya
Studying this article – the gift of one’s time
Wendy@chezchloe
These green beans will be on our table! And I’m very much looking forward to the holiday issue. Those cookies are the bomb!!
baker street
The green bean recipe sounds fantastic! Absolutely love the addition of hazelnuts!
And thank you so much mentioning #BundtaMonth. :)
Kari@Loaves n Dishes
The green bean recipe is delish, and it’s terrific that it doesn’t take up valuable oven space!
Laura (Tutti Dolci)
Love those green beans, the pancetta and hazelnuts are perfect!
Anna @ Crunchy Creamy Sweet
Looking forward to Holiday Issue of your magazine! The creme brulee looks amazing!
Cookin' Canuck
Love, love, love Bijouxs’ site! As for these green beans – well, I would love to see these on my Thanksgiving table, especially with pancetta & hazelnuts. There is no segregation of dishes on my plate…it’s a big mish-mash of Thanksgiving flavor love.
Nikki @Pennies on a Platter
Thanks for sharing my little story with Judah. :) I’m really excited for the holiday FoodieCrush mag!
Cassie | Bake Your Day
Judah – oh my goodness, he makes my soul smile.
naomi
we do now have private boards! i just logged into my pinterest and saw it as a new feature! thanks for sharing news about this and the new ways to look at instagram!
Annalise
Fabulous looking green beans! And I was just wondering yesterday about when you’d have another FoodieCrush magazine for us, so I’m so excited about your next holiday issue. Yay!
Alice @ Hip Foodie Mom
Love everything here! I always love your Friday Faves!
Bev @ Bev Cooks
Absolutely love that Instie calendar.
And that creme brulée has me wetting my pants.
Kathryn
So excited for all the holiday goodness in Foodie Crush! If these sneak peeks are anything to go by, it’s going to be a stunner!
fruitandcake
Hello, I love your post and mostly, I love love love your photos. Great work. Thanks
Averie @ Averie Cooks
I havent signed up for the Bundt a month challenge but have been challenging myself to ONLY make one a month. Most months it’s two or three :)
I read that about private pinterest boards or heard some rumblings about that. Will be interesting to see what happens.
And that creme brulee shot. Nice. I want.