Beans in some properties for the body can be compared with meat. This ancient bean crop is a valuable source of protein, but not just animal, but plant origin. Beans are rich in vitamins, minerals, fiber. 100 g of product contains 21 g of protein, 2 g of fat and 47 g of carbohydrates. Regular use of beans is the prevention of many diseases. It helps to improve the digestive system, prevents the development of atherosclerosis, and helps reduce blood sugar in diabetes. Soups, side dishes and salads are prepared from this bean culture. In our article, we will offer recipes for bean paste.
Features of preparation and recommendations
The following tips from experienced housewives will help you get a delicious and tender bean paste:
- Legumes need to be salted only at the end of cooking. Only in this case, the beans will not turn out stiff and will boil faster.
- Nutmeg will help neutralize the specific smell of boiled beans. It should be added to the paste during the grinding process of the ingredients.
- Beans will be softer and more tender if two or three tablespoons of vegetable oil are added to the water at the beginning of cooking.
Simple white bean paste
The presented appetizer is a great option for a family breakfast. In post, such a paste perfectly diversifies the diet and saturates the body with easily digestible protein. Serving it with toasted toasts is especially delicious.
The recipe for a delicious bean paste is to perform the following procedure:
- Prepare a pot. Pour 300 g of white beans into it and add water. Leave as it is for 6-8 hours.
- Rinse soaked beans under running water and pour clean again. Put the pan on the fire above average, after boiling, reduce it and cook the beans until cooked. For medium-sized white beans, it will take about 1 hour.
- At this time, pour 50 ml of oil into the pan and fry the onion sliced in half rings on it.
- From the cooked beans, pour the broth into the cup. Condemn bean.
- Using a blender, grind the beans until mashed, add the passivated onion, garlic squeezed through a press (3 cloves). To taste, salt, pepper, pour lemon juice (1 tsp.). Serve to the table, sprinkled with herbs.
- In preparing this appetizer, a minimum of spices is used: salt, pepper and garlic, although you can add curry, and turmeric, and asafoetida.
Pate with sun-dried tomatoes and white beans
The next appetizer has a pleasant, delicate taste. Sun-dried tomatoes and capers are added to its paste. By the way, you can cook such tomatoes yourself, using an oven for this. Step by step the bean paste should be prepared in the following sequence:
- For this appetizer, a canned product is taken. For the amount of ingredients presented below, one 400 ml can will suffice. All liquid should be drained from it, and the beans should be sent to the chopper or measuring cup from the blender.
- Onion oil is fried randomly chopped onion in vegetable oil. As soon as it becomes soft and transparent, chopped garlic is added to the frying.
- The cooled onions are transferred to the bowl of the blender to the beans. A tablespoon of capers, sun-dried tomatoes (5 pcs.), Parsley, olive oil from tomatoes (3 tbsp.), Lemon juice (1 tbsp.), Pepper and salt are added to this.
- All ingredients are whipped in a blender bowl until an almost uniform consistency is obtained.
Lenten recipe for bean paste with mushrooms
The next snack is a worthy reason to diversify a lean diet into fasting. Although the taste of the bean paste recipe (in the photo) is so balanced that even those people who do not stick to the lean menu will definitely like it.
The process of making snacks consists of just a few steps:
- Red beans (200 g) are boiled until tender. After that, she reclines in a colander, and the broth is preserved.
- In olive oil (2 tbsp. L.) Mushrooms (100 g) with onions are fried until soft. Then beans are added to this frying. Under the lid, the contents of the pan are stewed for 15 minutes. If necessary, a little broth is added.
- Soy sauce (2 tbsp. L.) Is poured into a practically finished mass and garlic (1 clove) is squeezed through a press. If desired, black pepper and fresh cilantro are added.
- The soft bean mass is crushed to a puree condition using a blender. This appetizer can be spread on fresh bread and toasted toasts.
Bean paste with garlic and walnuts
For the next dish, any sort of healthy bean crop is suitable. And step by step such an appetizer is prepared very simply:
- Beans (250 g) are pre-soaked for several hours, and then boiled in clean water until tender.
- Guest walnuts are fried in a pan, after which they are chopped in a blender bowl. 2 cloves of garlic are also added here.
- Using a submersible blender, beans turn into a homogeneous mass and combine with nuts and garlic. Salt and black pepper are added to taste.
- If the bean paste seems too dry, you can pour a couple of tablespoons of olive oil into it. If desired, other spices and fresh herbs are added to the appetizer.
Armenian Bean Pate
In Caucasian cuisine, such an appetizer is very popular. A delicious bean paste is served on slices of fresh tomatoes, on crackers or with fresh bread. Preparing the same snack in this order:
- Red beans (300 g) are poured with water and brought to a boil. After that, the water changes. Beans are poured with clean water with the addition of vegetable oil (2 tbsp. L.) And sent to the stove for 1-1.5 hours. As boiling, water will need to be added. 10 minutes before the end of cooking, salt is added. Ready beans (without broth) in the form of heat is transferred to the blender bowl.
- Walnuts (70 g) are dried in the oven and sent to the beans.
- Added butter (70 g), suneli hops (1 tbsp), red and black pepper (½ tsp each), a couple of cloves of garlic, a bunch of fresh cilantro.
- All components of the paste are crushed in a blender. To achieve the desired consistency, a little broth is added to it.
Snack pate with onions, carrots and beans
Such an appetizer has a mild taste due to the addition of sautéed vegetables to it. And she is preparing in the following sequence:
- First, carrot and onion (1 pc.) Are fried in vegetable oil (30 ml).
- Liquid is drained from a jar of beans. If this is not done, then the paste will turn out too watery.
- Add onions and carrots, garlic, pepper and other spices to the beans to taste. Beat all components of the paste with a blender until smooth. Adjust the taste with lemon juice and salt. For effective serving, it is recommended to prepare croutons from a long loaf or toasts.
Bean paste (in the photo) looks very appetizing. There is no doubt that no one will refuse such an appetizer even at the festive table.