Braised Butter Beans

Name: Braised Butter Beans
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 600–900 ml (1–1½ pints) Chicken Stock; 1 onion, chopped; 2 tomatoes, skinned, seeded and diced; 1 tablespoon olive oil; 1 tablespoon unsalted butter; 100 g (4 oz) dried butter beans; 8 fresh basil leaves, chopped; 1 garlic clove, crushed; 2 smoked bacon rashers, rinded and cut into strips; 1 quantity Red Wine Sauce; 1 bay leaf; 1 quantity Confit of Duck; 2–3 tablespoons Basic Vinaigrette; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; A few curly endive leaves

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Rhodes Around Britain

By Gary Rhodes

Published 1994

About

Braised butter beans go well with many other dishes as well as confit.

Ingredients

1 onion, chopped
2 smoked bacon rashers, rinded and cut into strips
1 tablespoon olive oil

Europe
United Kingdom
Main course
Gluten-free

Method

Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas 4.

Sweat the chopped onion and bacon in a flameproof dish in the olive oil and butter for a few minutes, then add the garlic, basil, bay leaf and butter beans. Cover with 600