After my visit to Wide Open Road last week, I’ve been thinking about those beans. I thought about them again today when I saw two cans of butter beans in my pantry. I bought canned butter beans ages ago, to do something that I obviously forgot about. Then of course my mind started ticking, could I replicate the canellinni beans recipe at home? Probably not but it was worth a shot.
Surprisingly, they actually tasted pretty good. This is what I did with no exact measurements, just a bit of this and a bit of that.
I opened two 400g cans of pre-cooked butter beans and rinsed-drained them. I put about one and a quarter cans worth in the blender with about half a cup of water and lightly pulsed so they were halfway between pureed and solid. Then I loosely mashed the remaining beans by hand, leaving enough chunks. I added the slightly-pureed beans and the slightly mashed beans to a small saucepan. Whisked them together to break up lumps.
To the beans I added a sprig of fresh rosemary, the juice of half a large lemon (the lemon was too soft to zest), a tiny pinch of onion powder and ground pepper to taste. The consistency was a little soupy but I knew it would thicken up. I got them to a slow bubble on a low heat, stirring often.
When they were done and put in their serving bowl, I drizzled a little extra virgin olive oil on top and sprinkled a generous amount of a pistachio dukkah:
Sure, they’re not slow cooked but if you’re impatient like me (or have had rotten luck with making slow cooked beans, like me), then these could provide you with a nice quick, easy and cheap comforting cold weather meal.
Enjoy!
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Great work!!! I love beans too so this is right up my alley.
They were pretty tasty although I think that’s because of the dukkah and not my cooking 😛
Yummy! You are a brave girl. I am often too afraid to try to duplicate a dish without a recipe.
I think even I got the recipe exact, it would still taste better in a restaurant 🙂