{"product_id":"greek-fasolada-bean-soup-400g","title":"Greek Fasolada Bean Soup - Fresh, Never Frozen (400g)","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHalf this tray is beans: the plainest dish in Greek cooking, and the one Greeks call their own\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFasolada\u003c\/strong\u003e is white beans simmered with carrot, onion, celery and tomato, and the proportion is the point: \u003cstrong\u003e50% beans\u003c\/strong\u003e, cooked rather than stretched with anything else. It belongs to the family of dishes Greeks call \u003cem\u003eladera\u003c\/em\u003e, cooked in olive oil rather than dressed with it at the end. Greeks call it their national plate, and it earned the name in the 1940s, when it was what a household could put on the table. Amvrosia makes it in Sindos, outside Thessaloniki, and chills the tray rather than freezing it. One sealed 400g tray, never through a freezer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExpect a plain dish, because plain is what fasolada is. The beans are soft and whole, the broth is thin rather than thick, the tomato is a background note, and the salt sits at \u003cstrong\u003e0,70g per 100g\u003c\/strong\u003e, among the lowest of any tray we sell. In Greece, the plate is finished at the table rather than in the pot: a thread of raw olive oil over the top, a squeeze of lemon, feta and a few olives alongside, bread to follow the broth. That is not an improvement on the dish. That is the dish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is also the most nourishing tray in this range, and the beans are the whole reason. A full 400g carries \u003cstrong\u003e18g of fibre and 16,8g of plant protein\u003c\/strong\u003e, from the legume itself and nothing added, for 420 kcal. The recipe is \u003cstrong\u003eentirely plant-based\u003c\/strong\u003e, with no meat, no dairy and no egg, which makes this the tray worth keeping in the fridge for the evening when cooking is not going to happen, and dinner still has to hold.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eNo preservatives, chilled rather than tinned: how that works\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeans in a sealed container raise a fair question, which is what separates this from a tin on a shelf. Nothing here is sterilised, and nothing is added to make it keep. The tray is sealed in a protective atmosphere and travels cold, and that is the whole mechanism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNo preservatives\u003c\/strong\u003e in the recipe. The list printed on the tray is the whole story.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKeep refrigerated below +7°C, and once opened, eat within 24 hours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cem\u003eNever frozen\u003c\/em\u003e at any point, which is why the beans stay whole rather than splitting. The use-by date is printed on the tray.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eHow to use it\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOven, 180°C for 13 to 15 minutes\u003c\/strong\u003e once preheated. Pierce the film in two spots first, and remove it before serving.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMicrowave, 3 to 4 minutes at 800W\u003c\/strong\u003e, same piercing step. Keep the tray clear of the oven element and the grill.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFinish it at the table:\u003c\/strong\u003e raw olive oil, lemon, and salt to your own taste rather than ours.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWith \u003cem\u003efeta and olives\u003c\/em\u003e alongside, and bread for the broth, which is how the plate is actually served in Greece.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAs a plant-based dinner that carries its own protein and fibre, or as a first course before grilled fish.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Amvrosia","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42948402249966,"sku":"FAS400","price":11.88,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0441\/7683\/4722\/products\/traditional-fasolada-400g-562885.jpg?v=1741707947","url":"https:\/\/www.greekflavours.com\/en-ch\/products\/greek-fasolada-bean-soup-400g","provider":"Greek Flavours","version":"1.0","type":"link"}