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English Field Bean Pate
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schedulePrep 0 min
local_fire_departmentCook 0 min
speedmedium
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Ingredients
Scale
- ½ lb (250 g) English beans (or tic beans, daffa beans, brown Dutch beans, or foul medames)
- about ¼ pint (150 ml) olive oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1 large clove garlic, minced
- 1 tsp strong-flavoured herba (e.g. thyme, sage or rosemary), minced
Directions
- Soak the beans in water overnight.
- Boil beans in plenty of unsalted water for 1 hour until they are soft. Drain beans.
- Mash beans with a fork, pound them in a pestle and mortar, or press them through a sieve or food mill.
- Add the olive oil, salt, pepper, herbs, and garlic. If the purée is too stiff, add some lemon juice, water, or more oil.
- Chill and serve with toast.
