- 1 leek
- 2 garlic cloves
- 400g tin of butter beans
- 2 tsp Spanish seasoning
- 2 tsp cumin seeds
- 400g tinned cherry tomatoes
- 75g wholewheat couscous
- 200g purple sprouting broccoli
- A handful of flat leaf parsley
- 4 eggs
- ½ tbsp olive oil
- Sea salt
- Freshly ground pepper
- 200ml cold water
- 150ml boiling water
- Deep frying pan with lid
- Measuring jug
- Baking tray (optional)
- 1.
Trim the roots and any woody greens off the leek. Halve it, rinse out any grit and finely slice the leek. Place a deep frying pan on a medium-low heat and add ½ tbsp olive oil and the leek. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and fry, stirring often, for 8 mins till starting to soften.
- 2.
While the leek fries, peel and finely chop or crush the garlic.
- 3.
Drain the butter beans and rinse them with cold water. Add the garlic to the leek, along with 2 tsp Spanish seasoning and 2 tsp cumin seeds Cook and stir for 2 mins.
- 4.
Stir in the beans and the tinned cherry tomatoes. Half-fill the tomato tin with 200ml water and add that. Stir to mix, then pop on a lid (or use a baking tray if you don’t have a lid). Simmer for 15-20 mins, stirring often, till the sauce has started to thicken.
- 5.
While the sauce simmers, Fill and boil your kettle. Tip the couscous into a heatproof bowl. Pour in 150ml boiling water, stir with a fork then cover the bowl with a plate. Set aside to soak for 10 mins, till the couscous has absorbed all the water and become tender.
- 6.
Trim the dry ends off the purple sprouting broccoli. Halve any thicker spears lengthways. Pour the remaining hot water from the kettle into a medium pan, topping it up if necessary, and bring back to the boil. Add the broccoli and simmer for 5 mins till tender when pierced with a knife. Drain and set aside.
- 7.
Crack the eggs into the bubbling sauce, pop the lid back on the pan and cook for 4-7 mins till the eggs are set as much as you like.
- 8.
Fluff the couscous up with a fork and divide it between 2 warm plates or bowls. Top with the beans and eggs and serve garnished with flat leaf parsley and the broccoli spears on the side.