Bean Recipes (dried beans)

[Two_Sheds]

Beany Nut Roast

Beany Nut Roast

Serves 4

1 tbsp olive oil
1 onion, finely chopped
3oz chestnut mushrooms, chopped finely
1 carrot, grated
2 cloves garlic, crushed
410g tin butter (or any) beans – drained, rinsed and mashed (or 100g dried, soaked & cooked)
4oz toasted nuts, chopped
4oz breadcrumbs
1tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp flat leaf parsley, chopped
1 tbsp Marmite or Soy Sauce (optional)
50ml vegetable stock or red wine
1 egg, beaten
Plenty freshly ground black pepper

1. Heat the olive oil and fry the onion and mushrooms until soft, adding the garlic at the end of cooking.

2. Mash the beans in a large bowl, add the nuts,breadcrumbs, herbs, and Marmite
3. Stir in the fried onion mixture, beaten egg and mix well. Season to taste.
4. Press the mixture into a greased 1lb loaf tin, cover with foil and
bake at Gas Mark 4/180˚C/350˚F for 75 mins.
5. Allow to stand for 10-15 mins. Turn out and garnish the top
with fresh herbs.

Also good in sandwiches.

[Bren In Pots]

Two sheds does the nut roast freeze OK, was thinking it would be good to take camping.

[annacruachan]

Nut and bean roasts freeze well, Bren. They'd be more useful for camping if they were formed into patties - these can be heated up in a frying pan - or sliced before you freeze them.

[Keith2202]

These guys have a wide selection of beans and some recipes too:

Beans and Herbs

[raine]

wow that is one impressive list! I am growing borlotti for the first time so this just hits the mark. Can I ask, can you eat the young beans like runners-or am I being daft?

[Two_Sheds]

Yes Raine you can: 5-10 min boil as for runners

[raine]

thanks two sheds-i'm really interested in your recipes but am slightly scared of cooking them properly so i shall probably be looking at your instructions every ten minutes!
many thanks

[Two_Sheds]

delicious Lotty Beany stew

serves 4

1 tbsp oil
1 onion, sliced
3-4 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tsp cayenne/paprika
1 fresh chilli, chopped finely (or use dried/lazy chilli)
3 tbsp tomato puree
1 pint veg stock
1 lb ripe tomatoes, skinned
1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
fresh oregano, chopped finely
300g dried or shelly beans (soaked and boiled)
1 sweet pepper, julienned
1 courgette, sliced or chopped

to serve:
*mashed potato
*grated cheese
*cream
* crusty bread


* all optional


Fry off the onion, then add the garlic, saute for a few mins. Then add rest of the ingredients and simmer for about 20 mins or until the veg is softened


We had mash, hummus & cream leftover in the fridge, so I used them but they aren't necessary. I put a dollop of hummus & a dollop of mashed potato in each bowl, then the stew, then drizzled a bit of cream on top, then added grated cheese on top too. It all melts down together and blends just lovely. Real comfort food

[Feral007]

Good - thought it might take me all night to find the bean recipes thread - but it was on the 2nd page thank goodness.

[Bren In Pots]

Feral I've got it bookmarked

[Feral007]

I need to learn to do that - I keep losing things I want on here - and then I keep getting side tracked by other interesting things when I go looking.

[rustylady]

Bumping. Bean harvest time

[markc]

Great thread and lots of recipies, thanks for all the info Two Sheds. Had thought of saving beans to eat before but was not sure about it. Had asked a few people but not heard the replies I wanted to hear. Will definately be saving plenty of beans this year and trying out some of your recipes.

[marcofez]

Thanks for all the recipes and tips on hear. Gonna try afew of them!

[julesapple]

Looks I'm going to be kept very busy cooking up the recipes on here - many can be very easily adapted for low carb too.

Longing to try the Black Bean Soup now!

Thanks TS!!!