White beans with garlic, anchovies, thyme & lemon
A simple, flavour-packed white bean dish made with garlic, anchovies, fresh thyme, red onion and lemon — cooked low and slow in olive oil.
What you need
How Maurice does it
- 1
Peel and finely chop the garlic cloves. Finely chop the anchovy fillets. Strip the thyme leaves from the sprigs.
- 2
On a cutting board, combine the chopped garlic, anchovies and thyme leaves and chop together until finely minced and well mixed.
- 3
Slice the red onion thinly.
- 4
Heat the olive oil in a frying pan over low heat. Add the sliced red onion and cook gently for a few minutes until softened.
- 5
Add the drained white beans to the pan and toss to coat with the oil and onion.
- 6
Add the minced garlic, anchovy and thyme mixture to the pan. Stir everything together and cook over low heat for a few more minutes until fragrant and heated through.
- 7
Squeeze the lemon juice over the beans, season with salt and pepper to taste, and stir well.
- 8
Serve warm, directly from the pan or transferred to a shallow bowl.
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