Black Bean and Walnut Pâté


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Black Bean and Walnut Pâté Serves 8 as a snack 460g (2.5 cups) drained cooked black beans (see recipe below) 100g (1 cup) walnuts 2 garlic cloves 3 Tbsp …

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  1. Susan James
    Susan James says:

    I found pomegranate molasses in australia within minutes. its at my local supermarket. ps I made the cabbage, cannelini beans and white wine dish to serve with salmon. its lovely.

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  2. Moleo
    Moleo says:

    If you are curious about the authenticity of the dish, I asked my Armenian friend about it.

    He told me:
    "I have never seen that [dish] before in my life.
    I have a wog [aussie slang for ~ethnic] grandma who makes literally everything and [I] have been to armenia twice.

    My theory is that it's a Turkish dish that [Ana Sortun] is culturally appropriating as Armenian out of pure spite."

    Take from that what you will.

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  3. Luda W
    Luda W says:

    This spread tastes so good! I did not have big expectations, even frowned: what good can come out of basically just beans and walnuts . But need to get through my 20lb bag of black beans and it's Helen's recipe – so gave it a try. It is unbelievably good, and taste surprisingly sophisticated despite its humble ingredients. Thank you, Helen!
    PS I do not have pomegranate molasses, so used balsamic vinegar

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  4. Mace Marek
    Mace Marek says:

    The combination of walnuts and pomegranate molasses reminds me of my favourite Iranian chicken dish called Fesenjan. 'Cooking With Yousef' has a video on his channel. It uses a LOT of pomegranate molasses <3 I'm sure you would enjoy it!

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  5. cb2ndjml
    cb2ndjml says:

    Can you recommend a possible vegan substitute for the butter, e.g. olive oil, coconut butter, mashed avocado or avocado oil, etc? Got some WFPB eaters amongst a vegetarian family…

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  6. Helen Rennie
    Helen Rennie says:

    As always a lot of questions about pomegranate molasses. If you actually want it to be this dish and not some other bean spread, yes you need it. It's not hard to get. Amazon link is in the description below. Most supermarkets have it too. If you want to substitute, a mix of balsamic vinegar and maple syrup works fine. someone asked what else can you use pomegranate molasses in. about half of the videos on my channel call for it.

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  7. John Burke
    John Burke says:

    Just want to thank you for giving credit to Ana in your video. Tons of cooks on YouTube would skip over this unless the chef is super publicly known, so I think this speaks to your good nature

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  8. Noah Begley
    Noah Begley says:

    I feel like adding some sautéed cremini mushrooms to the pâté it would add some deep umami. Having never made this that is the first thing that came to mind for when I make it.

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  9. LOVE
    LOVE says:

    This is not an authentic Armenian recipe. Black beans cannot be found in a single Armenian dish. This is a Russian influenced pate that some Armenian Russian passed onto Ana.

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