Butter bean meatballs in green peas sauce
Vegetarian meatballs made from butter beans, coated in almonds and served with pea sauce, is a very tasty and easy-to-prepare dish, that can be served for lunch and dinner. This dish is a good example of the use of canned vegetables, as both the meatballs and the sauce are based on canned vegetables. I recommend the following recipe for butter bean meatballs in green pea sauce, I’m sure you will like it.
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Ingredients for butter bean meatballs in green peas sauce.
- 600 g canned butter bean
- 200 ml butter bean brine
- 50 g breadcrumbs
- 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1 big egg
- 1 tablespoon of chopped parsley
- 100 g minced almonds
- 1 big clove of garlic
Green peas sauce:
- 50 g shallots
- 1 tablespoon of butter
- 500 ml water
- 100 ml cream (30%)
- 400 g canned green peas
- 1 teaspoon of salt
- 1/4 teaspoon of black pepper
- 1 full tablespoon of potato starch
How to make butter bean meatballs in green peas sauce.
Pour butter beans marinade into a pot, bring it to a boil, then add the breadcrumbs. Stirring constantly, cook for 1 minute, after that remove it from the heat and cool it down.
Mash the beans with a pestle to a creamy, homogeneous consistency. Put the mashed beans, cold breadcrumbs, pepper, salt, egg, parsley and mashed garlic into a bowl. Mix very thoroughly, successively form balls with a diameter of 5 centimetres, and roll them in ground almonds. Slightly flatten each bean meatball on a palm of your hand, then put them in a baking tin. Bake the meatballs in an oven preheated to 190 degrees Celsius for 50 minutes, turn the meatballs over in the middle of baking.
Put the finely chopped shallots and butter into a frying pot. Fry on a low heat for 5 minutes. After that time, pour in water, salt, pepper and green peas and cook for 5 minutes. Mix the cream with potato flour in a cup, pour it into the boiling peas. Stirring, cook for 2 minutes.
Serve the butter bean meatballs with the green pea sauce.
Good to know when making butter bean meatballs in green peas sauce.
From the given amounts, 16 butter bean meatballs are obtained.
Do you like dishes with butter bean? If so, try our recipe for Butter bean and cashew pate.
