Warm Cannellini or Borlotti Beans with Garlic and Sage

Name: Warm Cannellini or Borlotti Beans with Garlic and Sage
Ingredients: 7–8 tablespoons olive oil; 4 cloves of garlic, minced; 4 sage leaves, chopped finely parsley; 500 g cannellini or borlotti beans; 1 large onion, peeled and halved; 1 carrot, peeled and halved; 3 sage leaves

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

How To Eat

By Nigella Lawson

Published 1998

About

It really doesn’t matter whether you use cannellini or borlotti beans here. I tend, more often, to use cannellini, just out of habit I think, but adore the soft pink specklediness of borlotti, too. I suppose it’s just that I associate them more with soups. No matter: choose which you prefer.

Ingredients

500 g cannellini or borlotti beans
1 large onion, peeled and halved
1

Side dish
Vegan
Gluten-free

Method

Soak the beans overnight in cold water. Drain them, and put them in a thick-bottomed large saucepan along with the onion, carrot and the 3 sage leaves. Cover by about 15 cm with cold water, bring to the boil and simmer for 1–1½ hours or until done. How long it actually takes depends on the age of t