Today on Caspar’s Blog we are going to be making home made beans and them putting them in a toasty with my vegan smokey bacon. What is not to love? I am really excited about this one.

Ingredients

4 rashers of Vegan Smokey Bacon

For the Beans:

• 1 tbsp of oil
• 1/2 onion, finely diced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tbsp of tomato purée
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika
• 1/4 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tbsp of brown sugar
• 1 tbsp of soy sauce
• 400g of tinned cannellini beans, drained (240g when drained)
• 100g of passata
• black pepper

Method

1. First lets make the beans; Heat the oil in a saucepan, and add the onion and garlic. Cook over a medium heat for 5 minutes until soft and translucent.
2. Add the tomato purée, paprika, thyme, brown sugar and soy sauce, and cook for a couple more minutes
3. Add the beans and passata, and simmer for at least 5 minutes, until the mixture is piping hot and the sauce has thickened a little
4. Now take a 2 slices of bread and cover the bottom of the slice with bacon rashers next spoon some beans in the middle.
5. Put in your sandwich maker and cook untill brown.