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Black bean broth with goat's cheese

Name: Black bean broth with goat's cheese
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mexican
Ingredients: 3 tbsp oil; 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 1kg canned cooked black beans; A few stalks of thyme; 1 tsp chipotle puree OR; 1 whole dried chilli, ideally a chipotle chilli; 125g goat's cheese; 100g creme fraiche; a small handful of mint leaves

Beans are the mainstay of Mexican food, and black beans are one of the most popular types. Here is a simple recipe for cooking them, which you can also use for borlotti, pinto or any other beans you can find! Part soup, part side dish, it is a wonderfully restorative little broth to snack on.

Posted by: kim
On: 21/01/2011

Cuisine

Mexican

Time

15 - 30 mins

Skill Level

Confident

Serves

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You will need

Ingredient	Add
3 tbsp oil		More products
1 onion, finely chopped		More products
2 garlic cloves, crushed		More products
1kg canned cooked black beans		More products
A few stalks of thyme		More products
1 tsp chipotle puree OR
1 whole dried chilli, ideally a chipotle chilli		More products
125g goat's cheese	Awaiting stock	More products
100g creme fraiche	Available only in our Edinburgh shops	More products
a small handful of mint leaves	Awaiting stock	More products

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Method

If using whole chipotle chilli, put it in a small bowl, pour about a quarter of a cup or 60ml boiling water over it and allow to soak. Heat a heavy-based saucepan over a medium heat and add the oil.
When it is hot, stir in the onion and cook for 10 minutes, until the onion is soft and translucent, but not browning.
Add the garlic and cook for a few minutes before adding the black beans and their liquid, the thyme and the chipotle paste or chipotle chilli and it's soak water.
Cook for about 10 minutes and allow the flavours to combine, before whizzing for a few seconds with a hand-held blender to create a textured mixture of whole and partially crushed black beans.
Put the goat's cheese in a small bowl and use a fork to beat in a few tablespoons of creme fraiche and the fresh mint.
Serve little cupfuls of the bean broth with dollops of the goat's cheese cream on top.