Runner beans with savory and bacon

Name: Runner beans with savory and bacon
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 750 g runner beans or French beans; 3 sprigs summer savory; 100 g bacon lardons (or 1 onion for a vegetarian version); 1 tablespoon butter; salt and pepper

Updated on 9 October 2026

Makes: 4 people
Time: 30 min
From: Summer savory

Ingredients

750 g runner beans or French beans
3 sprigs summer savory
100 g bacon lardons (or 1 onion for a vegetarian version)
1 tablespoon butter
salt and pepper

Method

String the beans and slice them diagonally.
Cook them for 8 to 10 minutes in salted water with 2 sprigs of savory until just tender. Drain and remove the sprigs.
Fry the lardons (or the chopped onion) in the butter until golden.
Toss in the beans, scatter over the leaves of the last sprig and season with pepper.

Storing: Once cooled, 2 days in the fridge; reheat in a pan.