Cookbook:English Field Bean Pate

| Vegan cuisine

Ingredients

 * ½ lb (250 g) English beans (or tic beans, daffa beans, brown Dutch beans, or foul medames)
 * about ¼ pint (150 ml) olive oil
 * Salt
 * Pepper
 * 1 large clove garlic, minced
 * 1 tsp strong-flavoured herba (e.g. thyme, sage or rosemary), minced

Procedure

 * 1) Soak the beans in water overnight.
 * 2) Boil beans in plenty of unsalted water for 1 hour until they are soft. Drain beans.
 * 3) Mash beans with a fork, pound them in a pestle and mortar, or press them through a sieve or food mill.
 * 4) Add the olive oil, salt, pepper, herbs, and garlic. If the purée is too stiff, add some lemon juice, water, or more oil.
 * 5) Chill and serve with toast.