Olive Oil-Braised Pole Beans

Ingredients

• 1 medium yellow onion, thinly sliced
• ½ medium fennel bulb, thinly sliced
• 4 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
• Peel of 1 lemon
• ¾ cup California Olive Ranch extra virgin olive oil
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 fresh thyme sprigs
• 2 fresh flat-leaf parsley sprigs
• 1 fresh rosemary sprig
• 1 dried bay leaf
• 1 pound pole beans, trimmed
• 2 cups vegetable stock
• Freshly squeezed juice of ½ lemon