Fagoli al Pomodoro (Beans and Tomato)

Name: Thermomix recipe: Fagoli al Pomodoro (Beans and Tomato)
Prep time: 3 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 60 Grams butter; 2 large brown onion peeled and halved; 2 cloves garlic; 80 Grams anchovy fillets; 1 x 400g Tin crushed tomatoes; 60 Grams tomato paste; 500 Grams ripe tomatoes, quartered; 1 Teaspoon raw caster sugar (optional); 1 Tablespoon dried Italian herb mix; freshly cracked black pepper to taste; 2 x 400g Tins butter beans, or borlotti beans, drained; Fresh herbs of choice to garnish (flat leaf parsley, oregano, basil, thyme)

Serves 6 Prep Time 3 minutes Cook Time 20 minutes Rated: Print

This quick and simple dish is warming, and homey. It is perfect paired with all that sourdough I know you are making.

It was cold. It was nearly lunchtime. What was in the pantry? Well, crushed tomatoes and tinned beans. I have herbs growing of course, so this was a simple quick lunch, best served on a cold wet day. A little bit Italian I think...thus the title. Simple good food, cooked without fuss and just very delicious.

It hit the spot. (And then doubled down as dinner for my kids!) #cookonceeattwice is real!

Need

60 Grams butter BUY
2 large brown onion peeled and halved
2 cloves garlic
80 Grams anchovy fillets
1 x 400g Tin crushed tomatoes
60 Grams tomato paste
500 Grams ripe tomatoes, quartered
1 Teaspoon raw caster sugar (optional) BUY
1 Tablespoon dried Italian herb mix
freshly cracked black pepper to taste
2 x 400g Tins butter beans, or borlotti beans, drained
Fresh herbs of choice to garnish (flat leaf parsley, oregano, basil, thyme)

Do

1: Place butter, onion and garlic into the Thermomix bowl and chop 3 sec/speed 6.
2: Saute 5 min/Varoma/speed 1 using the spatter guard or simmering basket in place of the MC.
3: Add anchovy fillets, tinned and fresh tomatoes, tomato paste, sugar, dried herbs and pepper. Cook 10 min/Varoma/Reverse/speed 1 using the spatter guard or simmering basket in place of the MC.
4: Add beans and continue cooking 5 min/80°C/Reverse/speed 1.
5: Taste for seasoning, the anchovies normally mean you don't need salt, but it will depend on the anchovies you used. Serve hot with plenty of crunchy toasted sourdough!

Served with

Lazy Sourdough Loaf

Tenina Holder is a wife, mother of five and grandmother of eight, who started cooking in the olden days before Thermomix was even a thing.

Tenina has become the premium go to source for all Thermomix expertise and of course fresh and easy recipes that work. Her cooking classes and foodie trips are sold out in literally hours, her cookbooks appear on the Australian best seller lists and her social reach is in the millions. Her Insider Club is the most fun you can have with a Thermomix and you really should join her! She believes chocolate, butter and salt are health foods. Her food positivity mantra is, eat everything, just not all at once!