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.