Basic Recipe for Cooking Dried White Beans

Yield > 4
Keys : Dried Beans Spanish Spain European Mediterranean
Spanish
Ingredients :
2 cup Dried white beans
1 x Onion
1 x Carrot
1 sprg Thyme or other fresh herb
1 x Garlic clove peeled
1 x Bay leaf
2 x Cloves
Salt to taste
Method :
• Sort out any damaged beans or bits of stone. Do not presoak.
Wash under running water and place in casserole with
onion stuck with cloves, carrot, bay leaf, garlic clove, and sprig
of thyme. Cover with tepid water to a level 3 fingers above the
surface of beans. Cook with lid on over very low fire until
beans are tender, but not mushy or easily bruised. Drain
thoroughly and discard vegetables and spices with which beans
cooked. Salt beans only when cooked.
• Beans should be from current year if possible. Unless
thay have been subjected to special processing, they will need
to cook 1 1/2 to 3 hours.
• Comments: Cooked white beans are served with
"Tomato-Onion Sauce" - recipe included in this database, used
in omelets (see "White Bean Omelet" - recipe included in this
database), or fried to accompany meat or sausage (see
"Sausage With White Beans" - recipe included in this
database).