Name: Mashed White Beans
Prep time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 medium onion, chopped; ½ pound dried navy or other white beans, rinsed and picked over; 2 garlic cloves, peeled; 1 teaspoon minced garlic; ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil; 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves or a pinch of dried; Fresh lemon juice to taste; Salt and black pepper to taste; Chopped fresh parsley leaves for garnish; 1 medium carrot, chopped

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

About

An unexpected and even elegant side dish (I love that it can also be served cold, as a dip). You can make this with leftover cooked beans, canned beans, or frozen beans—in which case it will take 10 minutes—but if you cook dried beans this way, with these seasonings, they’ll be sensational.

Other legumes you can prepare this way: chickpeas (allow for longer cooking time), flageolets.