Sweet cream of beans

Ingredients

Quantities for 8 servings.

• 400 g Red beans, soaked overnight
• 800 ml Coconut milk
• 370 ml Evaporated milk
• 500 g Sweet potato
• 250 g Sugar
• 3 piece Cinnamon sticks
• 6 piece Cloves
• 100 g Raisins
• 1 tsp Vanilla
• 40 g Butter
• 150 g Milk biscuits, to serve
• 1 pinch Salt

Method

1. Boil the soaked beans in fresh water for an hour, until completely soft.
2. Blend the beans with some of their liquid to a smooth mass.
3. Press the mass through a sieve with a spoon and discard the skins left behind.
4. Return it to the heat and add the coconut and evaporated milk, cinnamon, cloves and sugar.
5. Cook twenty minutes on a low heat, stirring so it does not catch.
6. Add the sweet potato in pieces and the raisins and cook twenty minutes more, until the potato is tender.
7. Stir in the vanilla, butter and a pinch of salt, chill it and serve it cold with biscuits.