Creamy Basil Butter Beans

Name: Creamy Basil Butter Beans
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 tbsp olive oil; 2 garlic cloves; 1/2 lemon, juice + zest; 3 cups (540 g) cooked white beans; 1 cup cooking water (or vegetable broth); salt & pepper; 50 g basil; 3 tbsp pine nuts (or sunflower seeds, walnuts etc.); 1 garlic clove; 1/2 lemon, juice + zest; 2 tbsp nutritional yeast; 1/3 cup olive oil; salt

5 steps

Updated at: Thu, 17 Aug 2023 10:02:23 GMT

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Ingredients

2 servings

2 tablespoonolive oil

2garlic cloves

0.5lemon

juice + zest

540gwhite beans

cooked

1 cupwater

cooking, or vegetable broth

salt

Pesto

50gbasil

3 Tbsppine nuts

or sunflower seeds, walnuts etc

1garlic clove

0.5lemon

juice + zest

2 Tbspnutritional yeast

⅓ cupolive oil

salt

Instructions

Step 1

For the pesto blanch the basil for 30 seconds. Immediately place in an ice bath and squeeze out the water. Blend all ingredients, gradually adding more olive oil until to get your desired consistency.

Step 2

For the beans sauté garlic and lemon zest in a little olive oil.

Step 3

Add in your beans together with a cup of the cooking liquid (if you cooked the beans yourself) or vegetable broth. Let it simmer until reduced.

Step 4

Add almond butter and season with salt and pepper to taste.

Step 5

Stir in the pesto into the creamy beans and enjoy with some flatbread or as a side!