North Croatian French Beans Stew (“Cuspajz Od Mahuna”) - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1000 g French beans
40 g lard (or oil)
30 g flour (all purpose)
1 garlic clove
100 g onions
1/2 teaspoon paprika (red, dry)
1 tablespoon vinegar (red wine vinegar)
1 teaspoon salt
1/3 teaspoon pepper (grounded)
50 g sour cream

Preparation

Clean the French beans and cut into 5 cm long pieces.
Boil the water and put French beans into boiling water and cook not more than 10 minutes. Drain the beans and put aside.
During this melt lard and saute finely minced onion, than add flour and fry flour (not too much) with finely minced garlic. Add cold water and stir until you get creamy mixture, add paprika, salt pepper and vinegar. Add some more water, heat it and add French beans.
Cover with water and cook until beans are soft or 30 minutes. At the end add sour cream, stir and serve.