Broccoli with bean mash
Ingredients:
- 40g olive oil
- 1 teaspoon of chilli (chipotle chilli powder, chilli flakes, etc.)
- 30g garlic (about 6 cloves)
- 400g broccoli (tenderstem are best, especially purple ones)
- 400g pre-cooked white beans (white kidney beans, butter beans, etc.)
- 0.25 teaspoon salt
- 40g lemon juice
Methods:
- Peel the garlic.
- In a small pan heat the olive oil until hot but not yet smoking.
- Meanwhile, place chilli flakes and chilli powder into a small glass jar. Pour the hot oil into the jar, the chilli flakes will sizzle.
- Use a garlic press to add garlic cloves into the jar of still hot oil.
- Steam the broccoli (if not tenderstem, chopped into florets and stem slices).
- Meanwhile, warm up the beans in the microwave. Add salt and lemon juice. Handblender into a mash. Taste and adjust salt and acidity (lemon juice).
- Serve bean mash topped with steamed broccoli and drizzled with chilli oil from the jar.