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A simple and delicious traditional recipe from the state of Styria in Austria. Scarlet runner beans are used and cooked from dried, but they can easily be substituted for butter beans. This basic recipe can easily be enhanced by adding tomatoes, sweetcorn, green beans or boiled egg.
This soup was inspired by a Nigella Lawson recipe, yellow split pea and frankfurter soup from her book, FEAST. I had some organic yellow split peas sat there in jar crying to be used, half a hispi cabbage in the fridge and some saveloy's in the freezer. Saveloy is a seasoned sausage made from pork and typically served boiled or steamed and are often served in fish in chip shops here in the UK, similar to a frankfurter but with a firmer texture. Serves a hearty serving for 3-4
This is the first recipe from my first ever series where I'm making a bean recipe from every country I have visited so far in my life.
First up and we are off to the sunny Caribbean to enjoy some Antiguan Spiced Black Bean cakes.
I put together this soup predominantly by a few ingredients I had left over in the fridge and I needed too use them up. I had bought some yellow sticker mushrooms and very kindly been sent some amazing oat miso to finish this soup off, but you can use any miso you have.
I created this bread using black wheat flour but any good quality wholemeal flour will work. You can start this bread the night before as it rests for 14-18 hours.
Adding extra plant protein in your bread with lentils is not only good for you but also helps create a lovely moist and soft bread.
Laal Mass beans is a fiery dish, traditionally made with lamb or mutton and translates to red meat, 'laal' is red, for the red fiery sauce made with dried red chillies and 'mass' for meat.
I wanted to create a sauce using all the traditional spices and ingredients to which I could simply add some beans, in this case some meaty butterbeans and some green beans which are perfectly happy being braised until soft.
Happily serves 4
This stew brings all the Spanish flavours and typical Spanish ingredients into one pot for you to enjoy any time of year, all that's required is a bowl and a spoon and some chunky bread for dunking.