Creamy Italian White Beans
This creamy Italian inspired White Bean recipe is vegan friendly, easy to make and doesn't need any cream. The delicious sauce is made from roasted red peppers, garlic, herbs and white beans. Give this cheap and easy recipe a go for breakfast, lunch or dinner.
Ingredients
- 700 g Butter beans Bold Bean Co is the best!
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 romano red peppers
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp dried thyme
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 70 g spinach
- salt to taste
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
- handful fresh basil
Instructions
- Start by preheating the oven to 200ºC (fan) slice the peppers then place into an oven proof dish along with the garlic cloves, drizzle in olive oil, salt, dried oregano and thyme then pop in the oven for 20 minutes
- Once the peppers and garlic have roasted, add them to a blender along with around 300g of the white beans (including the juice that comes in the jar) and blend together until smooth and creamy, you may need to loosen the stock with a splash of water
- In a large pan, add a drizzle of olive oil, then empty the rest of the butter beans, then stir in that delicious creamy sauce, stir through and season with salt
- Roughly chop the spinach and add to the pot along with the fresh basil, sprinkle with chilli flakes and enjoy
Video
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cw2_RcrLwao/