Eggs With Fried Green Beans And Chive Sauce - cooking recipe

Ingredients

7 tbsp butter
2 oz shallots, peeled and roughly chopped
2 oz celery, roughly chopped
2 oz fennel, roughly chopped
2 None mushrooms, roughly chopped
2 sprigs fresh thyme
1 cup flour
1 1/3 cup vegetable stock
2 1/4 cups whipping cream
None dash lemon juice
1 oz fresh chives, chopped
1 lb green beans, trimmed
6 None eggs, 2 beaten
1/3 lb breadcrumbs

Preparation

To make the sauce, heat 3 tbsp butter in a saucepan and saute the shallots, celery, fennel, mushrooms and thyme for 5 mins. Stir in 1/4 cup flour and cook for 2 mins. Add the stock and cream and bring to a boil, stirring. Simmer until the vegetables are tender. Remove the thyme and puree in a blender. Season with salt, pepper and a dash of lemon juice. Pour through a sieve into a bowl. Stir in the chives. Keep warm.
To prepare the green beans, cook them in boiling salted water for 2 mins. Drain and rinse in cold water. Roll them in the remaining flour, then the beaten eggs, then the breadcrumbs. Heat 2 tbsp butter in a large frying pan and fry until crispy all over. Season with salt.
To make the eggs, heat the remaining butter in a separate frying pan and fry 4 eggs. Arrange them on serving plates on top of the green beans. Serve with the chive sauce.