Beans!I can't get enough beans! Do you know any desserts with beans?

Answer 1

I found this recipe at About.com, and it credits Darlene Schmidt from "Your Guide to Thai Food". I haven't tried it myself.

Thai Red Bean Dessert
From Darlene Schmidt,
Your Guide to Thai Food.
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Red Beans are the healthiest dried beans available, rich in antioxidants and loaded with fiber. They also have a naturally sweet flavor which makes them excellent for desserts. Enjoy them in this one of many Thai coconut-based dessert recipes. An easy dessert to make in your slow cooker, either overnight or during the day.
INGREDIENTS:

* Serves 4-6
* ½ cup red adzuki beans
* 1 ½ cups water
* 2 cans coconut milk
* ½ cup Asian-style "pearl" tapioca (very inexpensive at Asian food stores), or regular minute tapioca
* 2 tsp. vanilla flavoring
* ½ cup sugar (or more depending on desired sweetness)
* pinch of salt
* optional: a handful of dried seaweed to eliminate "gas" from the beans (available at Asian grocers)
* optional: 2 Tbsp. dry shredded baking-type coconut, as is, or toasted

PREPARATION:

1. Place beans, water, salt, and seaweed (if using) in a slow cooker on “high”. Cook for at least 2 hours, or until beans are soft. (If more convenient, leave the beans to cook on “low” overnight or all day). Alternatively, you can soak the beans overnight, then cook in a pot on the stove.
2. Once beans are soft and fully cooked, using a potato masher, mash beans into small pieces.

Tip: If your cooker is made of glass, this can be done directly in the slow cooker, without removing the beans. For slow cookers coated with a non-stick surface, remove beans and mash in a separate bowl, then return to slow cooker to avoid damaging your appliance.

3. Add 1 can of the coconut milk, sugar, tapioca, and vanilla. Stir well and leave to cook on “high” for another 30-60 minutes. Check occasionally, adding 1 cup of water or more if the pudding becomes too thick.
4. Do a taste test for sweetness and to make sure your tapioca is cooked (it should no longer taste hard or granular. If using Asian tapioca, the "pearls" will turn transparent). Regular "minute" tapioca may take slightly longer.
5. Serve warm in bowls or dessert cups. Top the pudding with some coconut cream (the thick creamy milk at the top of the can) to create 2 distinct layers. If desired, add a sprinkling of shredded coconut (dry baking-style coconut) and one or two red beans from the pot (or a few old-fashioned jelly beans). Enjoy!

Answer 2

Adzuki Bean Ice Cream

Answer 3

You must be a delight to be around after indulging in all those beans! A dessert with beans? I don't recall seeing anything like that before, but I'm a believer that you can creat almost anything from almost any food! Perhaps you might want to consider the humble white bean to start with. Soak overnight in salted water and boil until tender. Mash accordingly and mix with brown sugar, cinnamon, half and half, eggs, and layer with stale bread to make a rich bread pudding.

Answer 4

The Japanese have this stuff called Mochi that is amazing. It's kind of a rice cake wrapped around red bean curd. You could probably find it in specialty grocery stores. My local grocery store actually has a huge Asian section and carries all sorts of sweet bean cakes and the such.

Answer 5

Watch Iron Chef on the Food Network. They seem to make ice cream out of everything.

Answer 6

yes there is this japanese dessert with red beans and ice cream and fruits, its really good

Answer 7

You could add them to anything after you throw them in the food processor and pulverize them.

Answer 8

how about coffee cake - that has coffee 'beans' in it

Answer 9

maple sugar and catsup.