Squashed Cannellini Beans with Garlic
Ingredients
- 2 sprigs of rosemary
- pinch of salt
- olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- 1 3/4 cups cannellini beans
- red wine vinegar
Directions
Pick the leaves off a couple of sprigs of rosemary and pound them gently in a mortar and pestle with a little salt. Add a glug of olive oil and stir, then put to one side. Fry 2 sliced cloves of garlic in a little olive oil until golden. Add 1 ¾ cups of good-quality drained and rinsed cannellini beans and continue to sinner gently for 7 minutes. Season the beans well with salt and pepper and a swig of red wine vinegar, then mash them up using the back of a fork until you have a coarse puree Smear onto hot toast and spoon rosemary oil over the top.
Source:
Jamie's Italy, Jamie Oliver, 2006