String-beans "in Fricassea" Recipe

Instructions

1. Cut off the ends and string some young string-beans.
2. Cook them in salted water, then drain them well.
3. Put them in a salted water, then drain them well.
4. Put them in a saucepan with some butter, parsley, and chopped onion.
5. Be careful to add occasionally some broth if the beans dry up before they are completely cooked.
6. Boil slowly, and a few moments before taking them off the fire add the yolks of one or two eggs (according to the quantity of beans) well beaten up with a little water, the juice of a lemon, and some grated Parmesan cheese.
7. Stir from time to time, and never allow them to boil, or the eggs will set.
8. To keep the beans a good color put a pinch of soda into the water with the salt.