Mediterranean white bean with Brussels sprouts
 
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Cuisine: Mediterranean Diet
Serves: 4 People
Ingredients
  • 3 Cans (250g net drained weight each can) of organic white beans in water with no added salt
  • 2 Tablespoons Extra Virgin Olive Oil (EVOO)
  • 500g (4 ½ cups) Fresh organic Brussels sprouts, sliced off the rough part of the stem & cut in half or into quarters
  • 3 Medium red onions, pealed and sliced
  • 6 Garlic cloves, pealed and finely sliced
  • 3 Tablespoons of freshly squeezed lemon juice
  • 1 Teaspoon sea Salt (or salt to taste)
  • Freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
  1. Have all the vegetables well washed and prepared as indicated in the ingredients description. Sometimes the outside leaves of the Brussels sprouts are bruised, in that case remove those.
  2. In a large frying pan heat one tablespoon of EVOO over moderate heat, add the garlic and sauté for one minute until lightly golden. Add then the red onion and sauté for around 3 minutes until soft but not brown. Add the Brussels sprouts to the frying pan and an extra tablespoon of EVOO and sauté for about 5 minutes over low heat, stirring from time to time.
  3. Add then the white beans, the freshly squeezed lemon juice, salt to taste and a bit of freshly grounded black pepper and sauté and continue stirring softly, to avoid breaking the white beans, for about 5 more minutes or until the Brussels sprouts are tender and lightly golden.
  4. Remove from the heat and serve hot.
Notes
If you are using dried beans (360g (1⅔ cup) would suffice for 4 people), to cook them: soak the dried beans in cold water for 12 hours (ideally leave them soaked overnight). Rinse them well and drain. Put them in a cooking pot and cover with water and cook over low to medium heat for about 1 hour or until tender. Remove them from the heat, drain and add them as indicated in step 3.

You can add a drizzle of EVOO before serving, or you could add a bit of my Lebanese tahini-based sauce: Tarator.
Recipe by Tasty Mediterraneo at https://www.tastymediterraneo.com/mediterranean-white-bean-with-brussels-sprouts/