Lunch

Cacio e pepe butter beans

Name: Cacio e pepe butter beans
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1 tin butter beans; 300ml chicken stock; 150ml white wine; Handful of greens (brassica family, e.g. kale, cavolo nero, grated sprouts or sliced broccoli); pecorino or parmesan

Ingredients

1 tin butter beans
300ml chicken stock
150ml white wine
Handful of greens (brassica family, e.g. kale, cavolo nero, grated sprouts or sliced broccoli)
pecorino or parmesan

Method

Empty a tin of butter beans into a frying pan. Although you can rinse these if you prefer, I like to keep the water from the can for some extra flavour and thickness to the sauce.
Add your stock, pepper, salt (if you've not used the water from the can) and a white wine to the sauce and leave to simmer for at least 10 minutes
If using, add you winter greens at this stage. Any cabbage, cavolo nero, kale, or even small chunks of broccoli work to give this dish a bit of colour
At the very end, take off the heat and add in your grated pecorino or parmesan until it starts to blend with the sauce
Serve with crusty bread

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