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.
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
HS: Large corona
beans, or
gigante beans are my favorite here, but
white cannellinis are also a great option.
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.
These Greek
white beans are unusually large (compared to the standard
beans) and are aptly called «
gigante»
beans.
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.
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).
2 cups cooked, cooled mixed
beans (such as black - eyed peas, giant
white lima
beans, and / or
gigante beans)