Butter Bean Puree

Preparation info
  • 6

    helpings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

    • Ready in

      2 hr 30

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By Isabella Beeton

Published 1861

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Ingredients

  • 6 oz. butter beans
  • 1 qt. water or bone stock
  • a few

Method

Wash the beans, boil the stock or water. Soak the beans in the stock or water all night. Chop the bacon and slice the vegetables. Melt the fat in a deep pan and fry very gently the bacon, onion, celery, turnip and potato for 10 min. Add the water or stock, beans, herbs and mace; bring all to boiling-point and simmer for 2 hr. or until the beans are quite soft. Remove the herbs, sieve the vegeta