Green Beans in Cheese Sauce by Ruth Paget
Serves 4
Ingredients:
-1/3 cup light cream
-1 tablespoon butter
-1/2 cup grated Colby cheese
-1 (15-ounce) can drained green beans
-1 teaspoon salt
-1 teaspoon pepper
-2/3 cup diced ham
-8 puff pastry shells or toast squares
Steps:
1-Heat cream, butter, and cheese together until the cheese is melted.
2-Add green beans, salt, pepper, and diced ham. Heat till steam rises.
3-Open pastry shells and place green beans and cheese in them.
Serve hot on a platter.
Can be a side dish or an hors d-oeuvre.
Source: Rose Pennington – circa 1950s
By Ruth Paget, author Eating Soup with Chopsticks and Marrying France
