HARISSA HISPI CABBAGE & BUTTER BEAN MASH
Hispi cabbage is really having its moment. And when cooked until tender and slightly charred like this, it's one of my favourite things to eat.
Ingredients
- neutral oil (sunflower or vegetable)
- 1 hispi cabbage chopped into quarters
- 50 ml vegetable stock
- 65 g butter softened
- 2 tbsp harissa paste
- juice of 1 lime
- 2 garlic cloves grated
- salt
- to serve: sesame seeds, lime wedges
BUTTER BEAN MASH
- 15 g butter
- 400 g can butter beans drained & rinsed
- 100 ml vegetable stock
- 2 tbsp tahini
Instructions
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Start with making the butter bean mash. Melt the butter in a large pan over a medium heat. Add the butter beans, vegetable stock and a good pinch of salt, then bring everything to a light simmer. Cook for 5-6 minutes, or until the butter beans are really tender. Transfer the mixture to a food processor along with the tahini and blend until smooth and creamy. Taste and adjust the seasoning, if needed, then keep warm over a low heat until ready to serve.
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Next, heat a good glug of neutral oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the hispi cabbage wedges and fry for 4-5 minutes each side, until starting to brown. Pour in the vegetable stock and simmer for 1-2 minutes, or until the stock has evaporated.
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Meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine the butter, harissa, lime juice, garlic and a good pinch of salt. Spoon the mixture around the pan, allowing it to melt into the cabbage, and cook for a further 4-5 minutes, turning the wedges regularly, until caramelised and tender all the way through.
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Spread the butter bean mash over the bottom of two serving plates. Arrange the hispi cabbage on top and drizzle with any sauce left in the pan. Serve sprinkled with sesame seeds and with wedges of lime to squeeze overtop.
Looking for more hispi cabbage recipes? Try my Shredded Hispi Cabbage & Charred Lemon Salad.
New favourite recipe. So flavoursome! I want to have that bean mash with everything.
It’s so good isn’t it! Glad you liked it!
G x
Made with green cabbage as that was what came in our farm share. This was superb although what wouldn’t be with all that butter and awesome flavorings. Fab intro to butter beans, will be making more of your recipes!
Thank you – so glad you liked it! There’s many more to choose from!
G x
Just cooked this with my husband and we totally loved it! Soo much flavour, it was delicious. Just the right amount of everything. Thank you!
So glad you both enjoyed it! There’s lots of other recipes here if you wanted to try some others too.
G x
Made this twice in the last 3 weeks-both times with white cabbage as we can’t get Hispi here (we live on a remote island). We make our own Harissa and freeze it in 2tbsp volumes (another thing we can’t get here)-so it works out perfectly! We love this recipe!
Wow that is great commitment! Really pleased you like the recipe.
G x