Not everyone knows how useful a bean is. By the amount of protein it is close to meat and fish. The beans contain vitamins - C, B1, B2, B6, PP, trace elements - copper, potassium, zinc, iron. In addition, it is rich in sulfur, which is necessary for the body with skin diseases, rheumatism, bronchial diseases. It also has a diuretic effect.
Beans are widely used in cooking, it is used as an independent dish, add to soups and borsch, from it prepare salads, cutlets. And we, in turn, will tell you how to make a pate of beans.
Bean paste with prunes
To make the bean cooked faster, it is advisable to pre-soak it for about an hour to 3. And even better at night. In addition, it is important to properly cook beans. Here are some wisdoms:
- When the bean is soaked, water needs to be changed several times;
- cook the beans in fresh water, not in the one in which it was soaked;
- cook the beans on a small fire, do not need to add water;
- in the process of cooking beans can not be mixed.
Ingredients:
- boiled beans - 300 g;
- prunes - 7 pcs .;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- olive oil - 3 tbsp. spoons;
- salt pepper.
Preparation
Prunes are pre-poured with boiling water to make it swell. Then the beans, prunes, garlic are ground in a blender, add the oil and salt with pepper to taste. The resulting mixture is laid out on a dish, giving the desired shape and decorating whole beans, greens and prunes.
The recipe for pate from beans with tomato
Ingredients:
- white beans - 1 glass;
- large onions - 2 pcs .;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- sunflower oil - 5 tbsp. spoons;
- tomato paste - 30 g;
- sugar - 1 teaspoon;
- salt, pepper - to taste;
- dill - 30 g.
Preparation
While the beans are brewed, on vegetable oil fry the chopped onion until golden. Finished onion is divided into 3 parts, 2/3 add to the pate, and from the remainder we prepare the gravy. To do this, mix the salt, sugar, pepper, tomato paste and add a little water. When the beans are cooked, along with onion let it through the meat grinder or grind it in a blender. In the resulting mass we add squeezed through the press garlic, salt and pepper to taste. Spread the mass on a plate, put a wet knife on the form, put our gravy on top and tinker with chopped dill. If desired, pate can be mixed with gravy.
Pate of beans with sesame seeds
Ingredients:
- beans - 1.5 cups;
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- garlic - 6 denticles;
- olive oil - 4 tbsp. spoons;
- sesame seeds - 50 g;
- butter - 75 g;
- salt pepper.
Preparation
Beans boil until ready, fry onion in olive oil. Sesame is ground in a coffee grinder. Garlic is passed through the press, and then grinded with salt in a mortar. All the ingredients are combined, add salt and pepper to taste and place in a blender. Beat until the mass becomes homogeneous. Ready pate can be served to the table, spread on a sheet of thin lavash and curled roll. If desired, you can decorate the dish with herbs.
Pate of red beans with nuts
Ingredients:
- red beans - 1 glass;
- onion - 2 pieces;
- walnuts - 70 g;
- parsley and cilantro greens - 40 g;
- garlic - 2 cloves;
- vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt - to taste.
Preparation
Use tips on how to properly cook beans, which are listed in the first recipe. Onions are fried in vegetable oil. Walnuts grind, you can use a blender for this. Garlic is passed through the press. Ready beans thrown to a colander, combine with fried onions, nuts, garlic. All the ingredients are mixed, let's go through a meat grinder or rub with a blender. In the received weight we add the crushed greens, solim to taste and once again we mix.
Pate of white beans with eggs and mushrooms
Ingredients:
- white beans - 350 g;
- onions of medium size - 2 pcs .;
- champignons - 200 g;
- cheese hard - 100 g;
- garlic - 3 cloves;
- eggs - 1 piece;
- mayonnaise - 100 g;
- vegetable oil - 100 ml;
- salt, black ground pepper - to taste.
Preparation
Mushrooms with chopped onion fry until ready, eggs and beans boil, let the garlic through the press. All the ingredients, except cheese, we combine and grind in a blender or we pass through a meat grinder. In the received weight we add mayonnaise, we mix, salt and pepper we add to taste. We spread the pate on the dish, we give it the desired shape and sprinkle it with shabby cheese. We serve the table chilled.