Slow Cooked Mushrooms and Butter Bean Mash

Ingrediants

Mushrooms

• 8 medium to large portobello mushrooms
• 10 garlic cloves, peeled
• 1 onion, peeled and cut into 6 wedges
• 1 1/2 tbsp chipotle chilli flakes
• 1 red chilli
• 4 tsp cumin seeds, roughly crushed in a pestle and mortar
• 1 tbsp coriander seeds,roughly crushed in a pestle and mortar
• 2 tbsp tomato paste
• 400ml olive oil

Butter Bean Mash

• 1 tin of cooked large butter beans, drained (500g)
• 1 tbsp lemon juice
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• flaked sea salt

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 150°C fan.
2. Put all the ingredients for the mushrooms and 1 tablespoon of flaked salt into a large ovenproof saucepan, for which you have a lid. Arrange the mushroom so they are domed side up, then top with a piece of parchment paper, pushing it down to cover all the ingredients Cover with the lid, then transfer to the oven for 1 hour
3. Turn the mushrooms over, replacing the paper and lid, and return to the oven for 20 minutes more, or until the mushrooms are very tender but not falling apart.
4. Use a pair of tongs to transfer the mushrooms to a chopping board, then cut them in hall and set aside.
5. Use a spoon to remove the onion, garlic and chilli, don’t worry if you scoop up some of the spices and oil. Put them into the small bowl of a food processor and blitz until smooth. Return the blitzed onion mixture to the saucepan, along with the mushroom halves, and place on a medium-high heat. Cook for about 5 minutes, for all the flavours to come together.
6. While the mushrooms are cooking, make the mash by putting the beans into a food processor along with the lemon juice, olive oil, teaspoon flaked salt and 2 tablespoons of water. Blitz until completely smooth Transfer to a medium saucepan and cook on a medium-high heat for about 3 minutes, stirring, until warmed through
7. To serve, divide the butter bean mash between four plates Top with four mushroom halves per plate and spoon over a generous amount of the oil and its accompanying aromatics, don’t use all of it though you can keep it refrigerated to spoon over another meal.