Tuesday Dinner: Beans, Bacon, and Pears

This is a North German recipe I found in Le Menu this month.
The basic idea is to boil some slab bacon for a bit, cook green beans (with savory) in the water the bacon cooked in for 40 minutes, add halved pears to the mix 15 minutes before it's done, then add the bacon back at the end to heat it back up.

We ate this fantastic dish (the combination sounds odd at first, but think about it for a second and you'll see...) with the remains of the wild mushroom risotto.

and a green salad.

Wine: Abadia Retuerta 2001 Sardon de Duera