Plus it's difficult to find large beans like coronas or
gigantes in a can.
Not exact matches
1 pound large beans (Christmas limas,
gigantes, etc.), soaked overnight 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil 2 medium onions, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced 8 cloves garlic, roughly chopped 6 ounces portobello mushrooms, chopped 8 ounces shiitake mushrooms, thickly sliced 3 springs fresh thyme 1 28 - ounce can whole plum tomatoes
in puree 1/2 cup red or white wine 1/2 cup reserved bean cooking liquid, or additional wine 1/2 cup chopped flat - leaf parsley 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
In this warm cauliflower salad, buttery
gigante beans provide a creamy contrast to balance the barley and roasted cauliflower.
Soak these
gigante beans before tossing them with tomato and oregano
in this Greek - inspired side.
Whereas The Flavor Bible had 5 pages dedicated to all the beans (notably black beans, cannellini, fava, flageolet, green beans, kidney, lima, navy, pinto, red, white) plus another page for chickpeas, The Vegetarian Flavor Bible has 15 pages for all the beans (
in addition to the above, it also includes adzuki beans, anasazi, cranberry / borlotti, fermented black beans,
gigante, french green beans, long beans, mung beans, soy beans / edamame) and chickpeas have almost 2 pages now.
Gigantes plaki (Greek baked
gigantes) is a classic Greek recipe, consisting of «giant» beans baked
in a tomato sauce along with plenty of fresh herbs, which give a really unique taste.
1 pound dried
gigante, baby lima, or cannellini beans, or chickpeas, soaked
in water overnight, drained
Meze selections — appetizers
in Greek cuisine — include mouthwatering enticers such as Grilled Mediterranean Octopus served with
gigante bean puree; addictive lightly fried Zucchini Chips accompanied by tzatziki; and Feta Sticks — feta cheese wrapped
in phyllo dough, fried then drizzled with honey and sesame seeds.
Drain and rinse 2 cans of white beans, like
gigante or cannellini, and crush 1 large can of whole peeled tomatoes by hand (which I like to do
in a plastic bag, to avoid a crime - scene-esque kitchen).