white bean pate

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 1/2 teaspoon butter, or as needed
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1/4 teaspoon ground white pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
• 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 shallot, minced
• 2 cups cannellini (white kidney) beans, rinsed and drained
• 1/4 teaspoon tomato paste
• 2 tablespoons dry
• 1 teaspoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• salt to taste
• 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley, or as desired
• 1 pinch paprika, or as desired

Recipe

Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 35 mins


• lightly grease a serving bowl with butter.
• pour olive oil into a skillet; add white pepper, smoked paprika, and cayenne pepper. place the skillet over medium heat and warm the spices until fragrant, 2 to 3 minutes.
• stir shallot into the warm oil and spices; cook and stir until the shallot begins to change color, 3 to 5 minutes.
• stir cannellini beans and tomato paste into the shallot and spice mixture. cook and stir while mashing the beans thoroughly, about 5 minutes.
• stir and soy sauce through the mashed bean mixture; cook until the liquid evaporates, 1 to 2 minutes.
• remove the skillet from heat. stir melted butter through the bean mixture; season with salt. pack the bean mixture into the prepared bowl.
• chill in refrigerator at least 1 hour; garnish with parsley and paprika to serve.