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Smashed white beans

This bean dish makes a change from potatoes and is quicker to make. You can use other types of white beans, too, if you prefer.

This bean dish makes a change from potatoes and is quicker to make. You can use other types of white beans, too, if you prefer.

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Cooking Time

Cook: 15 Mins

Cooking Time

Serves: 6

Cooking Time

Price: 55p per serving

Nutritional Information

Each 100g serving contains

Energy
687kj
164kcal
8%
Fat
10.2g
Med
15%
Saturates
1.5g
Med
8%
Sugars
2.4g
Low
3%
Salt
0.1g
Low
2%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
687kj/164kcal

Ingredients

4 tbsp olive oil

1 garlic clove, crushed

1 sprig rosemary

1 lemon, zest of

4 x 300g cans Asda Cannellini Beans, drained and rinsed

2 tbsp flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Method

1
Put 3 tbsp of the olive oil in a pan with the garlic and rosemary and heat very gently for 2 minutes until the garlic is just cooked.
2
Add the grated lemon zest, turn off the heat and set aside for 5 minutes.
3
Remove the rosemary sprig. Add beans and heat through, stirring with a wooden spoon and pressing the beans lightly against the side of the pan to smash, but not mash them.
4
Stir in the flat-leaf parsley and transfer to a serving dish. Drizzle with 1 tbsp olive oil before serving.