Navy beans salty anchovies patty

I like anchovies. And I like beans. Curiosity leads me to imagine putting them together. Here comes my experiment on a bean patty with a strong anchovy flavor.

Recipe: Navy beans salty anchovies patty (1 patty)

Ingredients:
- 4 salted anchovies in 1/2 teaspoon (tp) olive oil
- 1/3 cup very well cooked navy beans, drained
- 1/4 cup glutinous rice flour
- dash of italian herbs seasonings

Procedure:
1. Mush the salted anchovies into small flakes.
2. Add in the navy beans and mush them together into a paste. Add herbs.
3. Then add glutinous rice flour and stir to thicken until the paste can stand rather firmly on its own. The flour gives the baked patty a smooth texture and provides some stickiness to hold it together.
4. Bake in a small loaf pan at 325F for about 30-40 minutes or until the top is wrinkled.
5. Then allow to cool so that the crust hardens.

When cooled, the patty has a crust that is almost like hush brown. It seems that all bean patties have the same behavior. They are soft when baked in the oven. Then they harden when they cool.