2) Butter Bean Puttanesca
Bold Bean Co. refer to their Queen Butter beans as “nature's gnocchi” thanks to their extreme creaminess.This spin on Italian pasta with tomato tastes just as fine, just without the accompanying sluggishness you might experience after a big bowl.
Serves: 2
Takes: 20 minutes
Ingredients
1 jar of Queen Butter Beans - with their bean stock (can be served with our pasta too)
2 tbsp olive oil
6 anchovy fillets, omit to keep vegan
1 large red onion, peeled and finely sliced 2 garlic cloves, peeled and finely sliced 50 g capers 1 x medium red chilli, deseeded or use 1 tsp dried chilli flakes 70 g pitted Kalamata Olives, 50% whole, 50% cut in half 1 x 400 g tin chopped tomatoes ½ tsp of sugar or honey
A small bunch (roughly 15g) of fresh parsley, to serve
Parmesan to serve, optional
Method
1. Heat the olive oil in a pan over a medium-high heat and add the anchovy fillets, whole. Let them cook off and reduce for about two minutes. Once they have cooked down and shrunk slightly, add the onions. You may need to add another tbsp of olive oil at this point to ensure that the onions get well coated. Continue to stir them until they have caramelised and are becoming translucent.
2. Add the garlic, olives, chilli and capers and continue to stir for 2 minutes.
3. Next, add the tin of chopped tomatoes with ½ tsp sugar or honey (to balance the acidity) and simmer over a medium-high heat. Continue to simmer for 3-5 minutes, then, add the beans to the pan with their bean stock. As the butter beans are well seasoned, and you’re using other salty elements in this dish, we recommend tasting before seasoning. Bring to simmer for another 5 minutes, until the sauce thickens.
4. Serve with chopped parsley, parmesan if you like and a generous glug of olive oil. Mop up with crusty bread.
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