Black Bean Broth With Goat's Cheese

Total Time: 33 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 23 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 tablespoons oil
• 1 onion
• 2 garlic cloves
• 500 g black beans
• 1 few stalks thyme
• 1 teaspoon pureed chipotle chile
• 125 g goat's cheese
• 100 g creme fraiche
• 1 small handful mint

Recipe

• 1 heat a heavy-based saucepan over a medium heat and add the oil. when it is hot, stir in the onion and cook for 10 minutes, until the onion is soft and translucent but not browning.
• 2 add the garlic and cook for a few minutes before adding the black beans and their liquid, the thyme and chipotle. cook for about 10 minutes to allow the flavours to combine, before whizzing for a few seconds with a hand-held blender to create a textured mixture of whole and partially crushed black beans.
• 3 put the goat's cheese in a small bowl and use a fork to beat in a few tablespoons of creme fraiche and fresh mint. serve little cupfuls of the bean broth with dollops of the goat's cheese cream on top.