Bean Ragout on Semolina Cakes

Name: Bean Ragout on Semolina Cakes
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 cup cooked lima beans; 1 cup cooked black beans; 1 cup ½-inch pieces cooked wax beans; 1 cup ½-inch pieces cooked Blue Lake green beans; 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro leaves; 2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves; ¾ cup grated queso Oaxaca or other melting cheese of your choice; ¾ cup grated queso Oaxaca or other melting cheese of your choice; Melted unsalted butter or unsaturated oil of your choice as needed; Melted unsalted butter or unsaturated oil of your choice as needed; Pepper from the mill; Freshly grated nutmeg; ½ cup freshly grated Pecorino Romano cheese; Salt; 1 large egg plus 1 large egg white, beaten together; 1 large egg plus 1 large egg white, beaten together; 3 cups milk of your choice; ¾ cup uncooked semolina; 1 cup cooked Great Northern or cannellini beans; 1 cup cooked Great Northern or cannellini beans; 1 pasilla chile, seeds removed and finely chopped; 1 cup cooked red pinto beans; 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1½ cups bean cooking liquid; 1 tablespoon cornstarch

Preparation info

FCR to FFR—12 cakes for
6
dinner lunch servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The New Making of a Cook

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1997

About

This recipe is to be considered full fat for heart patients because of the Pecorino cheese. Although home-cooked beans will always be superior, you can use canned beans if you like.

Ingredients

For the cakes

Melted unsalted butter or unsaturated oil of your choice as needed
3 cups milk of your choice
¾ cup

Europe
France
Dinner
Lunch
Vegetarian

Method

Using a brush, butter or oil very lightly a (preferably) nonstick 13 x 9-inch jelly-roll pan.

Bring 1½ cups of the milk to a boil in a 2-quart enameled cast-iron pot. Turn the milk down to a simmer. Dilute the semolina with the remaining cold milk and, stirring constantly, add the mixture to the simmering milk. Bring to a boil and continue stirring until the gruel has boiled and thicken