# Beans on toast

An elevated take on classic beans on toast, featuring a soft, herb-and-cheese-infused milk bread with homemade baked beans.

- Servings: 4 servings
- Cuisine: British
- Category: Breakfast
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 400 g flour
- 250 ml milk
- 200 ml water
- 10 g salt
- 10 g sugar
- 5 g msg
- 5 g yeast
- 20 g butter
- 20 g lard
- 2 sprig rosemary
- 100 g cheese
- 200 g haricot bean
- 1 stalk celery
- 1 whole onion
- 1 head garlic
- 2 whole bay leaf
- 500 ml chicken stock
- 50 g tomato paste
- 10 g honey
- 20 ml cider vinegar
- 10 g cornflour

## Instructions

1. Make a tangzhong by whisking flour and milk together over heat until gelled, then cool.
2. Mix tangzhong with flour, water, salt, sugar, MSG, and yeast in a stand mixer; add butter and lard, and knead.
3. Ferment the dough in the fridge overnight.
4. Split the dough into four pieces, roll out, sprinkle with grated cheese and chopped rosemary, then roll up into logs.
5. Place dough logs in a loaf tin and bake.
6. Soak dried haricot beans overnight.
7. Simmer beans with celery, onion, garlic, bay leaves, and chicken stock until tender.
8. Strain beans and sauté tomato paste in butter, then add bean stock, honey, and cider vinegar.
9. Thicken the sauce with a cornflour slurry, then mix the cooked beans back in.
10. Butter and pan-fry a slice of the prepared bread with cheese until golden.
11. Spoon the beans over the bread and top with extra grated cheese.

## Equipment

- saucepan
- whisk
- stand mixer
- mixing bowl
- cling film
- loaf tin
- wire rack
- bread knife
- frying pan
- grater
- colander
- cheesecloth

## Tips

- The tangzhong helps the bread bind water, providing extra softness.
- Fermenting the dough overnight breaks down starches and proteins, improving the texture of the bread.
- The cheese and rosemary are added to the dough to create pockets that catch the beans.
- Lard in the dough helps improve the crispiness when frying the bread.
- Sautéing the tomato paste in butter removes the raw flavor before adding the stock.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdO_lxUhvWz/?stkn=MXBqOXZmcm1iMWFuZQ==
- Creator: Ben Slater
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f0f11f4d-9a58-4ce0-9362-acf6a64d1b99
- Extracted: 2026-09-13

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