Butter Beans

Trying2Save wrote:

I have found a bag of Butter Beans in my cupboard, can't remember what I was going to do with them! Has anyone got any ideas what I could make with them?

Ho yuss!

Three Day Soup:

Day One:

Put an assortment of beans and lentils into a covered pan to soak.

Day Two:

Cook them on the stove (in the soak liquid) if it has a miser setting or very very low (or in a slow cooker) with one stock cube per pint of liquid, mixed herbs, a tiny pinch each of garlic and ginger, one teaspoon of salt and one of ground white and one of ground black pepper. ( for at least eight hours )

Day Three:

Remove a good portion of the stock and set aside.

Using some of the now cooled (?) stock mix 1 tablespoon of cornflour into a paste in a jug. Add more liquid (in small doses) to fill the mug with a well blended mix. Pour back onto beans etc. Add mince. If the mince is uncovered add some stock back until it just covers everything. Stir well. Cook on miser or very very low etc. for more hours.

Remaining stock gets frozen for use in other dishes.


I make this in four litre batches and my main ingredient is marrowfat peas.

It's called three day soup not just because it takes three days to make - but because it takes three days to eat!


There are also BEAN recipes to be found in the link in the blue (Index) in my signature below. Look in Old Style and Slow Cooker, not forgetting the vegetarian sections.

Butter beans go well with Italian style food, pasta, tomato sauce etc

Mary

these sound nice
will be worth buying butter beans to try them