Oven-dried Tomato And Pinto Bean Spread

If a church is to be what it ought to be for the purposes of God, we must train it in the holy art of prayer. Churches without prayer-meetings are grievously common. Even if there were only one such, it would be one to weep over. In many churches the prayer-meeting is only the skeleton of a gathering: the form is kept up, but the people do not come. There is no interest, no power, in connection with the meeting. Oh, my brothers, let it not be so with you! Do train the people to continually meet together for prayer. Rouse them to incessant supplication. There is a holy art in it. Study to show yourselves approved by the prayerfulness of your people. If you pray yourself, you will want them to pray with you; and when they begin to pray with you, and for you, and for the work of the Lord, they will want more prayer themselves, and the appetite will grow. Believe me, if a church does not pray, it is dead. Instead of putting united prayer last, put it first. Everything will hinge upon the power of prayer in the church.

C.H. Spurgeon

CATEGORY	CUISINE	TAG	YIELD
Grains		Appetizers	1	Servings

INGREDIENTS

4		Plum tomatoes, oven-dried
1	T	Extra-virgin olive oil
		divided
4		Shallots, or 1/2 medium
		onion finely chopped
2		Cloves garlic, finely
		chopped
1	c	Canned pinto beans, drained
1	T	Sugar
2	T	Fresh lemon juice
1	T	White wine vinegar
2	t	Fresh oregano, finely
		chopped or 3/4 tsp. dried
2	T	Fresh basil, finely chopped
		Salt
		White pepper

INSTRUCTIONS

Place oven-dried tomatoes in bowl of food processor fitted with metal
blade. Pulse until coarsely chopped. Add 2 teaspoons of the olive oil
and continue pulsing to a coarse puree.  Add shallots or onion, garlic,
beans, sugar, lemon juice, vinegar,  oregano, basil and remaining 1
teaspoon olive oil. Process to a  smooth consistency. Add salt and
white pepper to taste.  Transfer to a pate dish or individual ramekins.
Serve at room  temperature or cover with plastic wrap, refrigerate and
serve,  chilled. Makes 1 1/2 cups  To Make Oven-Dried Tomatoes: Cut
tomatoes into 1 1/2-inch thick  slices, baste lightly with olive oil
and bake on parchment paper 1  1/2-2 hours at 150    degrees.  Recipe
by: Diane Rozas Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #635 by
Aquasea221@aol.com on Jun 4, 1997

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Nutrition (calculated from recipe ingredients) ---------------------------------------------- Calories: 1687 Calories From Fat: 171 Total Fat: 19.7g Cholesterol: 0mg Sodium: 1909.2mg Potassium: 7062.6mg Carbohydrates: 349.1g Fiber: 26.3g Sugar: 20.5g Protein: 64.3g