Smoky bean, bacon & eggy bread bake

Smoky bean, bacon & eggy bread bake

Make your own baked beans with smoked paprika then top with that childhood classic, eggy bread

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Freezable

FREEZE beans only

Method

  1. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Tip the beans into a large baking dish with the passata, paprika, vinegar, sugar and Worcestershire sauce. Season and mix well. Scatter the lardons over the top, cover with foil and bake for 30 mins.
  2. Remove the beans from the oven, take off the foil and stir well. Return to the oven, uncovered, for 10 mins to crisp up the bacon. You can now cool and chill the beans for up to 2 days, or freeze for up to 3 months. Just defrost and warm through before continuing.
  3. Whisk the eggs and milk with some seasoning. Dip the bread triangles into the egg mix, then layer them over the surface of the beans. Pour the rest of the egg over the bread and cook for 20 mins, or until the bread is puffed and golden.

PER SERVING

418 kcalories, protein 23g, carbohydrate 46g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 9g, sugar 11g, salt 2.5 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2012.

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  • 05 April 2012

    abi111 rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    This was very nice, I only made half as it was for 3 of us, but I don't think it would have been enough on its own, we had it with extra bread. The beans are also very nice on toast. My mum liked it even though she dosn't like beans or tomatos! I used haricot and butter beans, which i think was nice as they were different sizes.

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    08 April 2012

    Cat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Really tasty: warm and comforting without being too filling. I used tinned tomatoes as I didn't have any passata and it worked just fine.

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  • Binder photo Hi

    09 April 2012

    Hi rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    We used normal baked beans which come ready cooked in a tin and it worked just fine we just left out the passata as the baked beans come in tomato sauce anyway and put the rest of the ingredients in

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  • 30 August 2012

    x9mj73l8 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I used dried beans, soaked overnight beforehand. Even after soaking the beans took a very long time to cook and ended up a little bland too. I wouldn't advise using dried beans for this recipe but I'm not sure that they explain the bland flavour so next time I might use another baked bean recipe and just take the topping idea from this one.

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  • 05 January 2013

    honeybee rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    used cannellini beans and reduced everything to one third as it was for 2 of us. Delicious but although I reduced cooking time it had gone dry. Added more passata and it was fine.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 6 - 8

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Freezable

FREEZE beans only

Ingredients

  • 3 x 400g cans haricot bean , drained and rinsed
  • 500g passata
  • ½ tbsp sweet smoked paprika
  • 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp dark muscovado sugar
  • 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
  • 200g bacon lardons
  • 5 eggs
  • 125ml milk
  • 10 slices white bread , crusts removed and halved to make triangles
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PER SERVING

418 kcalories, protein 23g, carbohydrate 46g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 9g, sugar 11g, salt 2.5 g

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