Saturday, February 4, 2012

White Bean Puree

February is Bean Month!

The BF, his brother and I all went to a restaurant in Portland called Aquariva. It's a great (albeit pricey) Italian restaurant down on the waterfront. With their basket of bread they served a white paste which was delightful. I asked what it was and was given a vague answer of white beans and olive oil.

Beans have always scared me and I've never really given them a chance. However, they've recently been creeping in to meals. I thought maybe there's something to this magical/musical fruit. However, I'll not only try those types of beans, but green beans as well to make this more definitively a vegetable. 

To start on February 1st I made my own version of a White Bean Puree. 

I started with the following ingredients:

White Beans, Olive Oil, Garlic, Grated Parmesan, Salt and Pepper















I basically just started throwing stuff in the food processor and seeing how it tasted. 














The above is what came out. This is roughly what I threw in:

One can of white beans 
3 tbs of olive oil
2 tsp of minced garlic
3 tsp of parmesan cheese
dash of salt and pepper

It turned out great and the BF loved it too. Will probably make another batch to take to a Superbowl Party. We served it with a sliced baguette.

Happy Bean Pureeing!

6 comments:

  1. Leah, that looks amazing! Love it! One of these days when I have some time, I need to try this!

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    1. It was very good Brandy! Have you had a chance to make it? If so, what did you choose to put it on? I'm looking for ideas!

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  2. Good gracious, that sounds incredible! Thanks for the suggestion! Love the blog, Leah!

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    1. Glad you like it! Hope you've tried a recipe or two. I'm lovin it!

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  3. OK - I'm taking a trip back in time here - but I finally made this and just love it! I don't have any parm left, but I read online to add a little lemon juice and roast garlic....yum! Turned out great! Thanks for the idea!

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    1. Glad you like it Brandy! It's a good one and pretty easy!

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