French Beans With Sour Cream And Paprika - cooking recipe

Ingredients

700 g French beans (1 1/2 lb)
25 g butter (1 oz)
1 small onion, chopped
5 ml paprika (1 teaspoon)
salt
pepper
150 ml chicken stock (1/4 pint)
145 ml sour cream (5 oz)

Preparation

Cut the \" tops\" and \"tails\" off the beans and cut them into 2.5 cm ( 1 inch) lengths.
Melt the butter in the pan and saute the onion gently for several minutes until soft and golden but not brown.
Add half of the paprika, the beans, stock, salt and pepper, bring to the boil and cook for 10 minutes until the beans are tender.
Take the pan off the heat and stir in the sour cream, return pan to the heat and reheat without boiling.
Transfer to a serving dish and and dust the top with the remaining paprika.