Haricot Bean And Green Pea Stew

Ingredients

• 1 pint soaked haricot beans
• 1 pint shelled green peas
• 1 1/2 pints water
• 1 onion
• 1 ounce butter
• 1/2 ounce flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 sprig mint
• toast slices for serving

Method

1. 1 Boil the haricot beans in 1 pint of water with 1 teaspoon of salt and the sliced onion until cooked.
2. 2 Thicken the bean mixture with a paste made from the flour and butter.
3. 3 Boil the green peas in the remaining water with the remaining salt and mint until tender.
4. 4 Mix the cooked peas with the beans and serve with toast slices.