Not exact matches
I used capers instead
of olives (which were a great alternative) and white
gigante beans - it actually did look like a Christmas soup because
of all the red and green.
It features some
of my favorite ingredients including
gigante beans!
sadly they are out
of the
gigantes white
beans at rancho gordo..
1 pound
of large, dried white
beans (corona, giant limas,
gigantes, or any giant white
beans you can find), rinsed, picked over and soaked overnight - or up to 24 hours.
Big
beans (limas, Tarbais,
gigantes, coronas) are stars
of the legume family.
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.
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).