Butternut Squash And Bean Bake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 100 g onions (1 medium onion chopped finely)
• 3 minced garlic cloves
• 500 g passata
• 400 g plum tomatoes
• 2 tablespoons tomato puree
• 300 g butternut squash (1 medium size peeled and chopped into 1 inch chunks)
• 2 teaspoons mustard
• 1 bay leaf
• 400 g haricot beans
• 1 tablespoon caster sugar
• 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1 teaspoon sage
• 1 teaspoon ginger
• 1 teaspoon mixed spice
• 1 teaspoon salt

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to gas mark 4.
• 2 heat the oil in your oven and hob proof pot and add the onions fry until soft and going a little brown
• 3 add the garlic the beans and the squash and herbs and spices and stir
• 4 add the passata and the chopped tomatoes crush the tomatoes a little with the back of a spoon put the lid on and bake at 4 for about an hour until thick gloopy and warm. if using dumplings of any kind add half hour before cooking time and cook uncovered until crispy on top.
• 5 serve on its own with vegi sausages or banked potatoes and cheese yum yum.