Homemade baked beans

Ingredients
1 tsp olive oil
1 onion, chopped
1 red pepper, chopped
1 clove garlic, crushed
1/2 tsp smoked paprika
1/2 tsp cumin
1/2 tsp brown sugar
1 tsp cider vinegar
1 tin chopped tomatoes
1 tin cannellini beans, drained
Salt & pepper
To serve
Good quality bread
Mature Cheddar, grated (optional)

Method
Heat the olive oil in a saucepan and add the onion, pepper and garlic, stirring. Sprinkle in the spices, brown sugar and vinegar and cook, stirring regularly for 5 minutes.
Add in the tomatoes and beans and bring to a boil, turning down the temperature to low immediately. Simmer for ten minutes, season to taste and serve on freshly toasted bread, with a sprinkling of mature Cheddar if you like.
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