Asparagus and Butter Bean Pate

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Asparagus and Butter Bean Pate

Ingredients:

A couple of packets of fresh asparagus
Two or three cans of butter beans
A knob of ginger
A handful of parsley
Olive oil
Sea salt
Fresh black pepper
Boiling water
Loaf tins

Method:

Put the water on to boil, put your oven on to medium, break off the woody bits of asparagus and tie them together, peel the remaining stalk of the asparagus and put the spears and tied together woody bits into the boiling water, cook for about 10 minutes.

Meanwhile tip the butter beans out of their can into a sieve under gently running water. Peel the ginger and slice it as small as you can, or grate it finely into a mixing bowl.
Wash and slice the parsley as finely as you can and add to the ginger. Dry and tip the beans into the ginger and parsley mix and add a little salt, pepper and olive oil. Agitate the contents of the bowl.

Take the asparagus out of the water and allow them to dry off a little while you mash the beans roughly into the mixture in the bowl. The mixture should just about hold together.

Grease the loaf tins and spread the bean mixture over the bottoms of them. Lay the spears over the bean mixture and cover with more. If you have enough you can do another layer of beans and asparagus and end with beans.
Dribble a little olive oil over the mixture and sprinkle a little salt and pepper over the top. Shove into the oven for about 20 – 30 minutes, or until the top is golden brown.
Allow to cool then tip onto an ashet and either serve straight away or put into the fridge for an hour or so. Slice and serve with melba toast, scrumptious!


A Wee Note

Ginger is very good for all bodies. It can relieve morning sickness, travel sickness, some headaches and colds. Ginger and parsley tea is very heartening, especially on a cold, dark Monday morning!!


Another Wee Note

Butter beans contain protein, iron, copper and dietary fibre!! Yet another wee note: bodies need protein to make muscles and to grow; they need iron to make red blood cells and to keep us able to learn all sorts of new and old things. Bodies need copper to help our bodies to absorb iron, to help keep our cholesterol down, to improve our abilities to withstand infection and to keep our skin beautiful!!


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