Baked beans are great for breakfast – filling and a serve of vegetables too. Canned beans are convenient, but full of salt and sugar. I looked at a lot of recipes to see what the flavourings were and to find an option that didn’t use sugar. This recipe is based on one I found on the Recipe Community website – and the idea of “caramelizing” the onions to provide the sweetness comes from a blog called The Obsessed Chef.
Serves 4
Ingredients
1 large onion, peeled, quartered
2 cloves garlic
20g olive oil
1 tsp smoked paprika
½ tbsp Thermomix stock concentrate
2 tbsp tomato paste
400g can diced tomatoes
400g can cannellini beans
Salt and Pepper to season
Instructions
1. Chop onion and garlic in the Thermomix for 3 seconds/Speed 5
2. Add olive oil and sauté with measuring cup (MC) off for 10 minutes/100C/Reverse/Speed 1
3. Add paprika and sauté with MC off for 3 minutes/100C/Reverse/Speed 1
4. Add stock, tomato paste and diced tomatoes and cook with MC tilted on its side for 10 minutes/100C/Speed 1
5. Add beans, salt and pepper and cook with MC tilted on its side for a further 10 minutes/100C/Reverse/Speed soft
