Tomato And Butter Bean Soup Food

TOMATO & GARLIC BUTTER BEAN DINNER

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic; cook and stir until tender, 30-45 seconds. Add tomatoes, beans, spinach, Italian seasoning and pepper; cook until spinach is wilted, stirring occasionally. If desired, serve with pasta and cheese. Freeze option: Freeze cooled bean mixture in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally; add water if necessary.

BUTTER BEAN & TOMATO STEW

Steps:

• In a large pan, heat the oil and add the shallots, carrots and onion. Gently sweat, stirring, until soft but not coloured. Add tomatoes and slowly cook for 15 mins. Add the beans, reduce the heat to nearly nothing and warm through. Taste, season, then stir in the parsley. Serve with harissa.

TOMATO GREEN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and carrots in butter for 5 minutes. Stir in the broth, beans and garlic; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. , Stir in the tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer 5 minutes longer.

TOMATO AND BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a small skillet over medium heat, cook onions in butter and oil until tender.
• Meanwhile, in a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil Pour beans and tomatoes into water. Stir cooked onions into mixture and simmer 5 minutes. Puree with the pepper sauce and ketchup in a blender or food processor, or using an immersion blender. Return to heat, season with salt and pepper, and heat through.

SUMMER BEAN SOUP WITH TOMATO BROWN BUTTER

Steps:

• To make the soup:
• Combine the dried beans and kombu in a large container and cover with plenty of water to soak for at least 4 hours or overnight; skip this step if using fresh beans.
• Drain the beans and kombu and add them to a large pot with enough water to cover by about 1 in. (if using fresh beans, add the kombu now). Bring to a boil over medium-high heat; meanwhile, halve the tomatoes and cut the celery, carrot, and leek into about 3 in. pieces. As soon as the water boils, decrease the heat to medium-low and add the vegetables to the pot, along with the whole shallots and minced garlic. Continue to cook at a gentle simmer until the beans are very creamy, 60 to 90 minutes for dried beans and about half that for fresh.
• Remove the pot from the heat and use a slotted spoon to reserve the tomatoes; remove and discard the other vegetables.
• Set up a sieve over a heat proof container and strain the beans (there should be about 3 cups or 480 g), reserving all the cooking liquid.
• In a blender, combine 1 cup (160 g) of the cooked beans with 2 cups (480 ml) of the cooking liquid, plus the tomatoes, anchovies, oil, maple syrup, salt, red pepper flakes, and mustard. Purée until extremely smooth, pour into a large bowl, and fold in the reserved cooked beans by hand. At this point, you can serve it right away or transfer to an airtight container and refrigerate for up to 3 days, gently rewarming over medium-low heat when you're ready to serve.
• To make the baked beans:
• While the bean soup is cooking, preheat the oven to 325°F. Cut the bacon into ¼ in. lardons; reserve 3 whole beans for garnish and cut the rest into 2 to 3 in. pieces.
• In a medium saucepan or Dutch oven, spread the bacon in an even layer and cook over medium-low heat until it starts to turn golden and crisp, about 10 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove the pieces but leave the fat behind.
• Increase the heat slightly, and sauté the shallots until translucent, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir in the chopped beans, bacon, and red pepper flakes. Cover with a lid or a tight layer of foil and bake until the beans are very soft, 60 to 90 minutes. Stir in the lemon zest, juice, and garlic as soon as the beans come out of the oven and cover again; the residual steam will cook the garlic.
• To make the salad:
• Thinly slice the pickled green beans on the bias. Combine with the cherry tomatoes, oil, and vinegar.
• To serve, ladle the bean soup into bowls with a big spoonful of the baked beans on top. Garnish with the pickled green bean mix, a swirl of tomato brown butter, crumbled feta, and torn fresh herbs. Leftovers can all be refrigerated in separate airtight containers, though the green bean salad is best on the day it's made, when the beans are most crisp and the tomatoes are fresh.
• Basic wet salt method:
• This works for any amount of dense vegetables or dense, underripe fruit, either whole or cut up, such as carrots, turnips, beets, winter squash, onions, green beans, Brussels sprouts, green tomatoes, small apples, underripe peaches, and whole baby cabbages. Peel off any tough skins, such as on beets, winter squash, and onions, and trim the tops. Leave the vegetables whole or cut them into the desired finished shape. Place the vegetables in a nonreactive container and pour water to completely submerge them; as you do so, keep track of how much water you're adding since the amount of water will dictate the amount of salt (generally 3.5 percent salt by weight of the water for most vegetables, although cucumbers can handle 4 to 5 percent and the increased salt assists with keeping their texture crispy). With a long wooden spoon, stir kosher salt into the brine (or add the salt, cap the jar, and give it a hearty shake) until the salt is dissolved. Place a weight on top of the vegetables to keep them submerged in the brine. Seal the container, using a lid with an airlock if you have one. If you don't have an airlock, you'll just need to open the container every few days or so to release carbon dioxide buildup and check for mold. Place the container in a clean, low-light area with an ambient temperature of 60°F to 68°F until the pickles taste sour, about 3 weeks. Refrigerate indefinitely.

TOMATO AND BUTTER BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, heavy-based pan.
• Add the onion, garlic and curry powder, then cook for 1 minute.
• Stir in the tomato puree, vegetable stock, tomatoes, potatoes and diced carrot.
• Cover and simmer for 35 minutes.
• Season to taste.
• Add the butter beans and parsley, then simmer for 10 minutes.

SMOKY BUTTER BEAN SOUP WITH TOMATO AND SPINACH

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large saucepan on medium heat and add the onion and carrot. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 6-8 minutes, stirring now and then until the veg has started to soften.
• Once the veg starts to soften, add the chopped garlic and cook for another 2 minutes.
• After a couple of minutes, add the tomato puree, smoked paprika, thyme, and sage. Stir well and cook for another minute.
• Next, add the tinned tomatoes, drained butter beans, vegan stock, bay leaves, and nutritional yeast. If using tinned whole tomatoes, break these apart with a spoon. Add a little water to the empty tomato can and swirl around before adding to the pan. Mix well, bring to a gentle simmer, then reduce the heat and cook on a low heat for 6-8 minutes.
• After 6-8 minutes, add the spinach. If using fresh parsley, you can chop some of the stems and add them to the pan. Cook for a couple of minutes until the spinach has wilted down.
• Taste the soup and adjust the flavours if necessary. You may want to add a little more smoked paprika, nutritional yeast, salt, or pepper.
• Turn off the heat, remove the bay leaves, and blitz using a hand blender. Do this until you have the desired consistency. You could also transfer to a larger, more powerful blender, or simply mash using a potato masher for a chunkier texture.
• Adjust the seasoning again and serve with chopped fresh parsley (see post above for more suggestions).

TOMATO GREEN BEAN SOUP

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute onion and carrots in butter for 5 minutes. Stir in the broth, beans and garlic; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Stir in the tomatoes, basil, salt and pepper. Cover and simmer 5 minutes longer.