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Serve some Southern hospitality with campfire green beans Serve some Southern hospitality with campfire green beans

Serve some Southern hospitality with campfire green beans

Do you know why Southern American food is so popular? Because it's hot damn delicious, that’s why. Mississippi-born and UK based chef Brad McDonald walks the talk when it comes to getting down and dirty with hearty Southern fare, largely attributing the story and culture of modern American food to its Creole and Cajun roots. Deep South reads like an autobiography interjected with vibrant and rich recipes designed to deliver authenticity with a modern edge. Inside the book you’ll find all the fixings to make you feel like you’ve been transported to mama’s kitchen. From pickles and preserves to shrimp and grits (yee-haw!) there’s a rollicking list of the finest Southern recipes to try, including this Campfire Green Beans banger.


INGREDIENTS
10 tomatoes
1 tablespoon lard
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
2 onions, finely diced
4 jalapeno chilli peppers, deseeded and cut into fine strips
500 mlwater
500 g runner beans, stringed and sliced on the diagonal
sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

TO MAKE 

Blister the tomatoes over a barbecue (or under a hot grill) until the skin turns black on one side.

Melt the lard in a saucepan over a medium heat, add the garlic, onions and chilli peppers and sweat until soft.

Roughly chop the tomatoes and add them to the pan, together with their juice. Cook until they become soft, then add the water and continue to cook until the sauce has thickened.

Stir in the runner beans, cover and cook for 20–30 minutes, until they soften and wilt a little.

Finish with salt and a generous amount of coarsely ground black pepper.

This is an edited extract from Deep South by Brad McDonald. Published by Quadrille, available in stores nationally.

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