Tuna Surprise

I love tuna fish sandwiches. However, I'm sufficiently wary of mercury and overfishing to limit my consumption. Today I have found a vegetarian replacement and: it. is. amazing. Which is the surprise, I made this little recipe just to increase my bean-using-arsenal, but it turned out to be super great as a sandwich.

Made from the white kidney bean (also known as the cannellini bean) it is great! Its from online cookbook put out by the folks over at Stone Soup. I just started following the blog, but I heard about the cookbook through Lifehacker.

Here's the recipe (adjusted by adding salt/pepper as I'm not under the five ingredient constraint), its on page 16.

white bean & parmesan puree

1 can canellini beans (400g /14oz), drained
1 - 2 cloves garlic
1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
60g (2oz) parmesan cheese, fnely grated
3 - 4 tablespoons lemon juice
Salt and Pepper to taste.

Place all ingredients in a food processor and whizz until very smooth.

NOTE: I used dry canellini beans, soaked overnight and then cooked in a pot of water (same water they soaked in). I overcooked them (a bit mushy) but it turned out okay since I was going to puree them anyway.