Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1
½ lb (250 g) English beans (or tic beans, daffa beans, brown Dutch beans, or foul medames)
2
about ¼ pint (150 ml) olive oil
3
Salt
4
Pepper
5
1 large clove garlic, minced
6
1 tsp strong-flavoured herba (e.g. thyme, sage or rosemary), minced
Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
1
Soak the beans in water overnight.
2
Boil beans in plenty of unsalted water for 1 hour until they are soft. Drain beans.
1 hour
3
Mash beans with a fork, pound them in a pestle and mortar, or press them through a sieve or food mill.
4
Add the olive oil, salt, pepper, herbs, and garlic. If the purée is too stiff, add some lemon juice, water, or more oil.
5
Chill and serve with toast.