Recipe: Miso Mustard Bean Bake

Ingredients

(serves 4)

For the Breadcrumb Topping

3 tbsp olive oil
200g sourdough bread
10g nutritional yeast
10g fresh thyme
salt and pepper to taste

For the Miso Mustard Butter Bean Bake

4 tbsp olive oil

3 large leeks

4 cloves of garlic

1 lemon

2 400g tins of butter beans

1 400g tin of cannellini beans
(The original recipe calls for 3 cans of butter beans, but I think the cannellini beans really add some texture)

4 tbsp Dijon mustard

2 tbsp miso paste

10g nutritional yeast

300ml plant-based milk

salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Prepare the breadcrumbs
   
2. Pick the thyme leaves off the woody stalks
   
3. Rip the bread into the food processor and blitz into coarse crumbs.
   
4. Warm the olive oil in the pan over a medium high heat. Add the breadcrumbs to the pan and stir for 2 minutes.
   
5. Sprinkle the nutritional yeast, thyme leaves and a good pinch of salt and pepper over the breadcrumbs and continue to cook until the breadcrumbs are a nice golden brown Transfer the breadcrumbs to a bowl and wipe the pan clean.
   
6. Trim the leek and cut into ½ cm thick rounds Peel and grate the garlic Zest the lemon. Open the beans and drain approx ⅔’s of the liquid out of each can.
   
7. Warm the olive oil in the pan over medium heat Add the leeks to the pan and fry for 6-7 minutes, stirring occasionally until soft and golden Add the garlic and lemon zest and stir for 2 minutes Pour the beans and the liquid into the pan, fold to coat and simmer for 1 minute.
   
8. Add the miso, mustard, nutritional yeast and lemon juice to the pan and stir to combine Pour the plant based milk into the pan, fold to coat, and leave to simmer for 5-6 minutes, stirring occasionally.
   
9. Taste and season to perfection with salt and pepper (BOSH! recommend going heavy on the pepper)
   
10. Take the pan off the heat and sprinkle over the breadcrumbs Put the pan in the oven and grill until golden brown and crispy (approx 4 minutes) Take the pan out of the oven and serve immediately