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Giant butter beans roasted in a greek style tomato sauce topped with vegan feta and oregano
Greek Style Giant Beans in Tomato Sauce
Greek style creamy butter beans oven baked in a rich tomato and oregano sauce topped with melted feta cheese.
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Total Time 1 hour
Course Main Course
Cuisine greek
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • 720 g Cooked butter beans (or 3 tins)
  • 800 g Chopped tomatoes (or 2 tins)
  • 2 tbsp Oregano
  • 1 tbsp Parsley
  • 2 Garlic cloves
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 2 tbsp Olive oil
  • 50 g Vegan feta

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oven up to 200C
  • Heat up a generous glug of olive oil and add in your diced onion. Fry this until softened then add in your mince garlic.
  • Turn down the heat to low and stir in all of the dry herbs, stir well to coat the onions in herbs.
  • Now add in your two cans of tomatoes and fill one up with water and add that.
  • Bring this up to a light boil and add the lid. Simmer this sauce for 10+ minutes until you’re confident the flavours have combined and the sauce doesn’t just taste like tinned tomatoes.
  • Now time to add the drained butter beans to the sauce. Stir gently and add the lid back on. Pop this in the oven for 30 minutes.
  • After 30 mins take the dish out and add your feta crumbled on top. Return to the oven with the lid off and bake for a further 10 minutes or until the feta has melted and started to go golden.
  • Sprinkle some fresh parsley on top and serve up straight out of the dish!
  • Serve up with some bread to mop up that leftover sauce and enjoy!

Notes

Perfecting the sauce - In the method section of this recipe I recommend the sauce to be simmered for 10 minutes however you may cook for longer for a deeper flavour. At this point you need to check the seasonings and make sure the sauce has a rich flavour and that the herbs and salt have developed the sauce (make sure it doesn’t just still taste like tinned tomatoes alone).
Beans adding - The beans are pre-cooked in this recipe so they need to be added after the sauce has simmered to stop them from going mushy, also try not to stir the mix lots whilst cooking let them sit in the sauce and soak up all of that flavour.
One pot - use an oven proof pan with a lid to make this dish in one pan and save on washing up!