Butter bean mash with kale

What you need

• ·400g butter beans
• ·150g curly kale
• ·12g garlic
• ·18g olive oil
• ·1 lemons
• ·25g mixed seeds
• ·70g wholemeal bread
• ·6g red chillies

Method

1. 1Garlic sliced thin into cold oil, brought up slowly until it is pale gold — the moment it browns it turns bitter, so take it off early.
2. 2Half the beans in with their liquid, crushed with a masher into a rough mash. Rough, not smooth: this is not hummus.
3. 3The other half in whole, so there is texture.
4. 4Kale in a separate hot dry pan for 3 minutes until the edges char.
5. 5Mash on the plate, kale over, lemon, chilli, seeds, toast.

Soy-free, nut-free and about £1.60 a portion. The bean liquid is what makes it creamy — pouring it away and adding water gives you a worse dish for more effort.

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