Company Green Beans

Ingre­di­ents

• 1 1/2 pounds fresh green beans
• 6 slices thick cut bacon–diced and fried until crisp, then place on a paper towel to drain, reserv­ing the bacon drip­pings for the roux
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 table­spoons all-purpose flour
• 4 tea­spoons cider vinegar
• 2/3 cup cream
• 3/4 cup half & half
• 1/4 tea­spoon kosher salt
• 1/2 tea­spoon fresh thyme–chopped

Instruc­tions

1. Using two table­spoon of bacon drip­pings, sauté the onion until clear. Add the flour and stir to make the roux. Add the vine­gar, cream, and half & half. Cook until thick­ened. Add addi­tional half & half if needed to reach desired con­sis­tency. Add thyme and crum­bled bacon, sav­ing some for gar­nish if desired.
2. Cook the beans in boil­ing, lightly salted water until desired done­ness. Drain well and add the beans into the sauce, or plate the beans and top with the sauce for a nicer pre­sen­ta­tion, gar­nish­ing with some of the bacon and thyme.