Name: Tomato-braised beans with ricotta and oregano
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 10
Ingredients: 300 gm baby beans, trimmed; 300 gm roman beans, cut into 10cm lengths; 200 gm firm ricotta, coarsely crumbled; 1/3 cup oregano (loosely packed); Tomato sauce; 50 ml extra-virgin olive oil; ½ onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; ½ small red chilli, finely chopped; 1 tbsp ground cumin; 2 tsp smoked paprika; 2 cardamom pods, crushed; 1 cinnamon quill; 800 gm canned cherry tomatoes; 2 tsp caster sugar

Tomato-braised beans with ricotta and oregano

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for tomato-braised beans with ricotta and oregano by Porteno restaurant in Sydney.

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Serves 10

Prep

15M

Cook

30M

Total

45M

Ingredients

300 gm baby beans, trimmed

300 gm roman beans, cut into 10cm lengths

200 gm firm ricotta, coarsely crumbled

1/3 cup oregano (loosely packed)

Tomato sauce

50 ml extra-virgin olive oil

½ onion, finely chopped

2 garlic cloves, finely chopped

½ small red chilli, finely chopped

1 tbsp ground cumin

2 tsp smoked paprika

2 cardamom pods, crushed

1 cinnamon quill

800 gm canned cherry tomatoes

2 tsp caster sugar

Method

Main

1.For tomato sauce, heat oil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, add onion, garlic and chilli and sauté until tender (7-8 minutes). Add spices, sauté until fragrant (1-2 minutes), add tomato and simmer until thick (10-15 minutes). Add sugar, season to taste and keep warm.

2.Blanch beans until just tender (2-3 minutes), drain, add to tomato sauce, stir to coat. Just before serving, add ricotta and oregano, stir to coat, season to taste and serve hot.