Butter Beans

garret1

try http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/thebeanybutterbeanpa_6541.shtml

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/database/butterbeanbruschetta_70317.shtml

http://www.eighth-day.co.uk/recipes/bbutbean.htm

http://www.greek-recipe.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article483

http://www.cdkitchen.com/recipes/recs/492/BarbecueButterBeans65785.shtml

Should keep you busy:D

Katharine

I love butter beans too. I made this yesterday and loved it. http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/butter-bean-bacon-and-parsley-soup,1933,RC.html

Hester

Proper monster baked beans... yummmm...from Greek recipe website cited above

500 gr. Greek fassolia gigantes, or butter beans
1 kg tomatoes
160 ml olive oil
280 gr. onions, finely sliced
1 tablespoon tomato puree
3 cloves garlic, peeled and finely sliced
1 teaspoon sugar
Salt and black pepper
3 tablespoons finely chopped parsley
1 tablespoon oregano
1 teaspoon thyme

METHOD
Pick the beans clean from stones and grit and soak them in cold water overnight. Drain and rinse them in a colander, put into a large saucepan or a pressure cooker, cover with plenty of cold water and boil them until they are cooked but still a little hard. This type of bean cooks quickly, so be aware until you get used to them. They take hardly 2 minutes in a pressure cooker and about 30-40 minutes otherwise. If they get overcooked, they get mushy and soggy and they do not taste at their best. This first step then is also the most important in this recipe.
Drain the beans through a colander and keep aside. In the same saucepan, heat the olive oil and fry the onions, the garlic and the dried herbs, until they start turning pale golden. Add the tomatoes with all the juice from the cans or, if fresh tomatoes are used, add 150 ml water. Then add the tomato puree and sugar, break up the mixture with a fork, season with salt and pepper, cover and cook for 30 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
Mix the parsley into the tomato sauce, add the beans and mix well. Spread the beans in an oven dish. Sprinkle a little oregano and black pepper on the top and cook in a pre-heated oven at 350 grades F / 80 grades C, for 30 minutes, without stirring, until they look slightly crisp on top and quite dry.
Alternatively, add the beans to the tomato sauce, mix well, cover and simmer for 10-15 minutes.

Chell

I like them in veggie chilli. I usually make a hugh batch to freeze. I use a tin of baked beans, a tin of kidney beans and a tin of butter beans plus veg.

Bunnyinthelights

Try making a humous! yum!
Bunny

Lulubells

Thanks very much the recipes - I will get cooking this weekend !.

By the way just discovered that Lidl tinned butter beans are way nicer than Asdas !

Thanks again

Lulubells

lady_fuschia

Oh brilliant- I was literally just about to ask this myself! Is there an excess of butter bean crop this year or something?!

SusanCarter

Where did you all get your butter beans from?

lady_fuschia

My butter beans are from my local organic shop - they had big bags going for £1. I believe the tinned ones from Lidl are pretty good too though.

babs01

Hi

I have a couple of tins of harricot and butter beans, and was wondering if you can use tinned harricot and butter beans as a hot 'vegetable' i.e. can i cook them in a nice spicy tomato based sauce or will they fall apart? (as opposed to the usual bean salad i make)

Sorry if this has been answered before, i did do a seach...
Thanks!