Tasso Green Beans
Tasso is smoked meat found in South Louisiana, usually pork, it is marinated in a seasoned brine solution then smoked over a southern hardwood. It is used to add flavor to a wide variety of dishes and works particularly well with vegetables in this case green beans.

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons margarine
1 cup tasso
one-half cup chopped onion
one quarter cup chopped celery
one quarter cup chopped bell pepper
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 teaspoon Tony Chachere's
Creole Seasoning
1 teaspoon hot sauce
one quarter teaspoon white pepper
one quarter cup heavy cream or milk
1 10 oz. can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 lb. frozen cut green beans
one-half cup toasted sliced almonds

Directions:
1. Heat the margarine in sauté pan. Sauté tasso, onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic for two minutes.
2. Add Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning, hot sauce, white pepper, heavy cream, Campbell's Cream of Mushroom Soup and cut green beans. Simmer for 10 minutes or until the green beans are cooked.
3. Top with the toasted almonds.
Yields 8 side servings


Chef Patrick Mould
Louisiana Culinary Enterprises, Inc
http://louisianaschoolofcooking.com
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