Starters/Snacks Lunch/Dinner Cannellini Bean Stew

Serves : 4

Preparation Time: Ready in 15 Minutes

Cannellini Bean Stew

Ingredients

  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 onion, roughly chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, grated
  • 1 tbsp picked thyme leaves
  • 1 x 400g tinned chopped tomatoes
  • 2 tbsp grainy mustard
  • 2 x 400g tin cannellini beans, drained
  • 200g baby spinach leaves
  • 200g half fat crème fraiche
  • Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Method

  1. Heat a sauté pan until medium hot. 
  2. Add olive oil and onion and cook for 5 minutes.
  3. Add garlic and thyme and cook for 1 minute.
  4. Stir in chopped tomatoes, mustard, salt and pepper and bring to a simmer.
  5. Add the cannelini beans and simmer for 2-3 minutes.
  6. Stir in spinach leaves, cover and allow to wilt.
  7. Stir in crème fraiche and remove from the heat.
  8. Serve hot or cold.