Bean pate

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 2 hr 30 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   how to make bean paste at home? Prepare all the necessary ingredients. Of course, it will be faster to make pate from canned beans, but it turns out much tastier from boiled beans. Only it will take more time to prepare it due to the heat treatment of dry beans. You can use red or white beans for the pate; this will only affect the color of the pate, but not its taste.

2. STEP 2

   

   Rinse the dry beans and soak them overnight. It will swell well and absorb a lot of liquid, so you need to take a large container for soaking the beans so that the water covers the beans twice. When the beans swell well, rinse them again and fill them with clean water. Place on the fire, bring to a boil and cook over medium heat for about 1 hour.

3. STEP 3

   

   But you need to focus on the condition of the product; the cooking time depends on how fresh the beans are. If the beans begin to boil, add salt to taste and turn off the heat. If the beans are still hard, then continue to cook them until they become soft. If there is little broth left in the saucepan with the beans, then there is no need to drain it. Let the beans cool slightly.

4. STEP 4

   

   Meanwhile, prepare the walnuts. Rinse them and microwave until crispy. Grind the nuts with a blender very finely, one might say, into flour. Walnuts should only be felt in the pate as a taste, and not as pieces of nuts.

5. STEP 5

   

   We will also prepare vegetables for the pate. They will improve its taste and make it more tender. Wash the carrots in running water with a brush, peel, rinse and grate on a medium grater.

6. STEP 6

   

   Peel the onion and finely chop with a knife.

7. STEP 7

   

   Heat olive oil in a frying pan. Fry the vegetables in oil until the carrots are soft and the onions are translucent. If desired, olive oil can be replaced with sunflower oil. You will learn how to choose a frying pan and oil for frying from articles on these topics; look for links to them at the end of this recipe.

8. STEP 8

   

   Remove the roasted vegetables from the heat.

9. STEP 9

   

   Using an immersion blender, puree the beans with a small amount of broth into a homogeneous mass. If the mass is very dense and tight, you can add a little boiled water. Add roasted vegetables, peeled garlic cloves, hot and black peppers, salt to taste and chopped walnuts to the beans. Blend again with an immersion blender. Place the delicious pate in clean, dry jars, let it cool in the refrigerator, and serve. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Anyutka

23.09.2023

4.6

It makes an excellent pate! Try making another Georgian bean appetizer called Pkhali. A very interesting dish!

Natalia M

23.09.2023

4.6

The bean paste according to this recipe turned out just great! I would never have thought that ordinary beans could be so tasty) For the pate, I took white beans, soaked them overnight, and boiled them in the morning until tender. I chopped the onion quite coarsely for frying; I still have to grind it) I pre-roasted the walnuts, so they turn out tastier and more aromatic. I decided to grind all the ingredients in a blender bowl. As you beat, add water little by little, achieving a soft paste-like consistency. The pate tastes simply gorgeous! It has a delicate, velvety texture. The taste is a little spicy, it is especially interesting to feel small pieces of garlic in the total mass. We spread the pate on pieces of loaf, and I also made small sandwiches with pickled cucumber, dill and pickled onions. Very tasty, I recommend it to everyone!

Tatyana EAO

23.09.2023

5

I had no idea that it would turn out so delicious! Beans go so well with walnuts! True, I made it without carrots, but I don’t think it’s critical.