Today, I decided to show you a fantastic recipe using fresh butter beans that my mother-in-law brought me! I thought to myself, why not step away from the classic tomato-based version we all know and try something a bit different? So today, we are making creamy harissa butter beans and they are incredibly easy to make!
Vegan, nut free, gluten free | Serves 2 | MAIN
Ingredients:
- 1 onion
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 tablespoons sun dried tomato oil or olive oil
- 6 sun dried tomatoes oil
- Salt and pepper
- 1 teaspoon of each smoked paprika and dried oregano
- 1 teaspoon harissa paste
- 150ml water
- 450g butter beans/lima beans (already boiled)
- 250g soya cooking cream
- 50g fresh spinach
Steps:
1.Chop the onion and sun dried tomatoes and grate the garlic.
2.In a wide pan, on a medium heat, add the oil and onion along with a pinch of salt and sauté until translucent.
3.Then add the garlic and sun dried tomatoes and sauté for a minute before you add the harissa paste.
4.Stir it in for a minute, then add the water bit by bit.
5.Continue with the cooked beans and a generous pinch of salt and pepper and stir everything well to combine.
6.Add the cream and cook for a couple of minutes.
7.Lastly finish it with the fresh spinach. It only needs a couple of minutes to wilt down.
8.Serve with your favourite bread.
Enjoy!
Notes:
*Find more recipes using harissa here!