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The Spicy Olive Green Beans with Mushrooms and Bacon

You could use sugar snap pears or asparagus instead of green beans!
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Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 2 pounds fresh green beans trimmed
  • 8 slices Bacon
  • 3 cups shiitake mushrooms sliced
  • 1/4 cup Shallot sliced
  • 1/8-1/4 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  • 2-3 teaspoons The Spicy Olive's Wild Mushroom and Sage Olive Oil

Method
 

  1. Cook beans in boiling salt water for a few minutes until crisp tender, then plunge in ice water to stop cooking process. Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, remove bacon. Drain on paper towels. Discard drippings and crumble bacon.
  2. Saute mushrooms and shallots in the Wild Mushroom and Sage olive oil until the shallots are tender. Add green beans and crushed red pepper and saute 1-2 minutes more. Stir in bacon, black pepper and salt.