Chef Akane's Recipe Counter — Recipe 6: Green Bean Casserole, Page 12
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Seen from behind, Akane slides a glass container of leftover casserole onto a fridge shelf. Caption: "Store covered in the fridge up to 3 days. Reheat at 175°C for 15 to 20 minutes, until 74°C in the center. Top with fresh shallots." A recap card: the white baking dish of casserole surrounded by green beans, mushrooms, shallots, garlic and a bowl of crispy shallots. Caption: "RECAP: Blanch beans 5 min, then ice. Fry shallots golden. Brown mushrooms, add garlic." Caption: "Flour, broth, cream, simmer. Fold in beans and half the shallots. Bake at 190°C 15 min, top, 5 min more." Akane, holding a dish towel, smiles back over her shoulder in warm lamp light, dusk in the window and the skillet resting on the hob. Caption: "Next time in Akane's Kitchen: Recipe 7."
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Akane puts a container of leftover casserole in the fridge, a recap card shows the casserole with green beans, mushrooms and shallots around it, and Akane smiles over her shoulder at dusk holding a dish towel.
About this chapter
Holiday season is coming, and green bean casserole is the top trending Thanksgiving recipe on Google. On a quiet November afternoon Akane does a practice run and makes it fully from scratch in her small kitchen: green beans blanched bright and crisp, shallots fried golden, mushrooms browned in butter and folded into a silky cream sauce with a dash of soy sauce, then baked in her countertop oven until bubbling and crowned with the crispy shallots. Captions walk the reader through every amount, heat setting and timing so it can be made at home, ending with Akane at her little table, doing some very thorough research on the topping.