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Thursday, 7 April 2011

White beans with mustard & bacon


! kg
Cooked white beans (dried weight)

Cooking liquor from cooked beans
10 cloves
Garlic (crushed)
1 kg
Pancetta lardons
8 inner stalks
Celery (fine sliced)
8
Banana shallots (fine sliced)
12 tbsp
Pommery whole grain mustard
150 ml
Red wine vinegar
330 ml
Olive oil
½ bunch
Tarragon (picked & chopped)
1 bunch
Flat parsley (picked & chopped)







Method


1.      Reduce the cooking liquor from the beans to a thick concentrated sauce consistency.
2.      Fry the pancetta in 80 ml of the olive oil until golden, then add the shallots & celery & cook until al dente, then add the cooked beans & remove from the heat.
3.      Mean while whisk together the garlic, mustard, vinegar, bean liquor before slowly adding the olive oil to form a dressing.
4.      Mix the herbs & the dressing through the beans.
5.      Adjust seasoning.
6.      Serve lightly warmed.

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