White Bean Pate With Tomato Relish Recipes

WHITE BEAN PATE WITH TOMATO RELISH

Steps:

• Stir ingredients for tomato relish together.
• Season with pepper, stir occasionally.
• In blender, combine beans, oil, thyme, lemon peel, lemon juice, garlic and salt.
• Whirl til smooth.
• Spoon bean pate into serving crock, or serve pate on toasts with relish.

PAN ROASTED DORADO, WHITE BEAN MASH, TOMATO RELISH WITH TOASTED CUMIN AND AGED SHERRY VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a mixing bowl, combine tomatoes, scallions, red onions, 1 teaspoon cumin, 1/3 cup olive oil, sherry vinegar, and serrano. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Set aside for 2 hours.
• In a large stock pot place white beans and cover with 3 times the amount of water. Add bay leaf. Boil until beans are tender at least 1 hour. Strain beans.
• In a medium size saute pan, saute onions and garlic with 1/3 cup olive oil until translucent. Add oregano and 1 tablespoon cumin until aromatic.
• In a food processor, puree beans and onion mixture. Season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
• Season the mahi mahi with salt and pepper. In a medium size saute pan, heat a little olive oil and cook the mahi mahi for 3 to 4 minutes on each side.
• To serve, place puree in large serving platter. Set fish on top of puree and top with tomato relish.

GREEK PASTA WITH TOMATOES AND WHITE BEANS

Steps:

• Cook the pasta in a large pot of boiling salted water until al dente.
• Meanwhile, combine tomatoes and beans in a large non-stick skillet. Bring to a boil over medium high heat. Reduce heat, and simmer 10 minutes.
• Add spinach to the sauce; cook for 2 minutes or until spinach wilts, stirring constantly.
• Serve sauce over pasta, and sprinkle with feta.

WHITE BEAN PâTé

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Butter or oil a 5-cup pâté tureen or baking dish, or a bread pan.
• Heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil over medium heat in a medium skillet. Add the onion and carrot. Cook, stirring, until tender, about five minutes. Add 2 cloves of the garlic. Cook, stirring, until the garlic is fragrant, about one minute. Stir in the parsley and sage. Remove from the heat.
• Turn on a food processor fitted with the steel blade, and drop in the remaining clove of garlic. When the garlic is chopped and adhering to the sides of the bowl, stop the food processor and scrape down the bowl. Place the beans and eggs in the food processor. Turn it on, and add the lemon juice and the remaining 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Process until smooth. Add the onion mixture, and pulse to combine. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Scrape into the prepared baking dish, and cover tightly.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes until set and the top is just beginning to color. Remove from the heat, and allow to cool. For best results, refrigerate overnight. Serve at room temperature or cold.

WHITE BEAN PATE

Steps:

• Let the oil get heated in a skillet; add onion and garlic; saute, covered, for about 7 minutes or until golder; stir occasionally.
• Add the onion-garlic mixture and the remaining ingredients to the container of a food processor.
• Process until smooth; adjust seasoning to taste; transfer to a crock and pat it inches.

PENNE WITH TOMATOES & WHITE BEANS

Steps:

• Cook pasta according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Add tomatoes and beans. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, uncovered, 5-7 minutes to allow flavors to blend., Add spinach, olives, salt and pepper; cook and stir over medium heat until spinach is wilted. Drain pasta; top with tomato mixture and cheese.

CHEESY WHITE BEAN-TOMATO BAKE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 475 degrees. In a 10-inch ovenproof skillet, heat the olive oil over medium-high heat. Fry the garlic until it's lightly golden, about 1 minute. Stir in the tomato paste (be careful of splattering) and fry for 30 seconds, reducing the heat as needed to prevent the garlic from burning.
• Add the beans, water and generous pinches of salt and pepper and stir to combine. Sprinkle the cheese evenly over the top, then bake until the cheese has melted and browned in spots, 5 to 10 minutes. If the top is not as toasted as you'd like, run the skillet under the broiler for a minute or 2. Serve at once.

WHITE BEANS WITH ROASTED TOMATOES

Steps:

• Cook beans:
• Cover beans with cold water by 2 inches in a bowl and soak at room temperature at least 8 hours or quick-soak (see cooks' note, below). Drain well in a colander.
• Blanch onions in boiling salted water , 1 minute, then drain and peel.
• Cover beans with cold water by about 1 inch in a 5- to 6-quart pot and bring to a boil. Add onions and simmer, partially covered, skimming froth as necessary, until beans and onions are tender, 40 minutes to 1 hour. Stir in salt and let stand (in cooking liquid), uncovered.
• Roast tomatoes while beans are cooking:
• Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 500°F.
• Toss tomato halves and cherry tomatoes with salt, sugar, and oil in a shallow 3-quart baking dish, then arrange tomato halves cut sides up. Roast tomatoes, uncovered, until large tomatoes are very tender with brown patches and cherry tomatoes are falling apart, 35 to 50 minutes.
• Assemble dish:
• Transfer warm beans and onions with a slotted spoon to a deep large platter. Arrange tomatoes decoratively on top of beans and pour tomato juices on top. Sprinkle with basil leaves.

WHITE BEAN PATE

Steps:

• Lightly grease a serving bowl with butter.
• Pour olive oil into a skillet; add white pepper, smoked paprika, and cayenne pepper. Place the skillet over medium heat and warm the spices until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Stir shallot into the warm oil and spices; cook and stir until the shallot begins to change color, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Stir cannellini beans and tomato paste into the shallot and spice mixture. Cook and stir while mashing the beans thoroughly, about 5 minutes.
• Stir sherry and soy sauce through the mashed bean mixture; cook until the liquid evaporates, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Remove the skillet from heat. Stir melted butter through the bean mixture; season with salt. Pack the bean mixture into the prepared bowl.
• Chill in refrigerator at least 1 hour; garnish with parsley and paprika to serve.