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White bean gratin "à l'italienne"

Name: White bean gratin "à l'italienne"
Prep time: 12 h 8 min
Cook time: 54 min
Total time: 13 h 2 min
Yield: 6 people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 700 g white beans; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 1 red onion; 1 sprig rosemary; 1 bayleaf; 1 garlic clove; 300 g peeled and chopped tomatoes; 1 knob butter; 50 g grated cheese; Salt; Pepper

White haricot beans enriched with the Mediterranean flavours of tomatoes and herbs. The beans are boiled first then mixed with chopped tomatoes and finished gratin-style in the oven.

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Duration

13 hours 2 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: August 25^th 2021

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For 6 people, you will need:

1 700 g white beans
2 4 tablespoons olive oil
3 1 red onion
4 1 sprig rosemary
5 1 bayleaf
6 1 garlic clove
7 300 g peeled and chopped tomatoes
8 1 knob butter
9 50 g grated cheese
10 Salt
11 Pepper
Total weight: 1,260 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

8 min.

Resting

12 hours

Cooking

55 min.

All in all

13 hours 2 min.

Preparation 8 min.

Resting 12 hours

Cooking 55 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 12 hours

White bean gratin "à l'italienne" : Stage 1

The day before cooking, put 700 g white beans to soak in a bowl of water.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 20 min.

White bean gratin "à l'italienne" : Stage 2

Next day, boil in salted water until soft (it is normal for froth to form on the top to begin with; just skim it off).

Stage 3 - ⌛ 3 min.

White bean gratin "à l'italienne" : Stage 3

Drain the beans.

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Stage 4 - ⌛ 2 min.

White bean gratin "à l'italienne" : Stage 4

In a large pan (this could be the same as used to cook the beans), heat 4 tablespoons olive oil over medium heat. When good and hot, add 1 red onion chopped, 1 sprig rosemary, 1 bayleaf and 1 garlic clove.

Salt, pepper and mix well.

Cook while stirring for 1 or 2 minutes.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 2 min.

White bean gratin "à l'italienne" : Stage 5

Add 300 g peeled and chopped tomatoes, mix and turn down the heat, Leave to thicken for 5 minutes.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 2 min.

White bean gratin "à l'italienne" : Stage 6

Add the beans and mix in.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 2 min.

White bean gratin "à l'italienne" : Stage 7

Transfer the mixture to a buttered gratin dish.

Stage 8 - ⌛ 1 min.

White bean gratin "à l'italienne" : Stage 8

Scatter 50 g grated cheese over.

Stage 9 - ⌛ 30 min.

White bean gratin "à l'italienne" : Stage 9

Bake for about 20 minutes.

Remarks

You can use a bouquet garni instead of the rosemary and bayleaf.

For a heartier version, add an extra 50 g of grated cheese to the beans with the tomatoes.

Keeping: 1 or 2 days in the fridge, covered with plastic film.

Source: Home made.

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Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=10 %	15 g RDI=6 %	6 g RDI=9 %	148 kcal RDI=7 %	621 kJ RDI=7 %
Per person	13 g RDI=20 %	32 g RDI=12 %	13 g RDI=19 %	310 kcal RDI=16 %	1,300 kJ RDI=16 %
Whole recipe	79 g RDI=122 %	197 g RDI=75 %	83 g RDI=115 %	1,863 kcal RDI=93 %	7,801 kJ RDI=93 %