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Gigantes plaki

Name: Gigantes plaki
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 2 h 30 min
Total time: 14 h 30 min
Yield: 6 servings
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 2 cups gigantes or large butter beans soaked cannellini beans; 2 chopped onion; 3 cloves garlic; 1 diced carrot; 1 stick diced celery; 6 grated tomato; 3 tbsp tomato puree; 1/2 cup olive oil; a handful dill leaves; a handful flat leaf parsley; 1/2 tsp dried oregano; a pinch sugar; Salt, to taste

Giant beans baked in a thick tomato and dill sauce. Creamy beans, crusty edges.

150 minTime

17 gProtein each

mildSpice

12hPlan ahead. Soak for 12 hours first; the 150 minutes come after.

Baked giants1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayGiant beans baked in olive oil, tomato and herbs.

The original

416kcalsame

17 gproteinsame

13 gfibresame

150minutessame

Gigantes plaki.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Cannellini beans2 cups gigantes or large butter beans, soaked

Onion2, chopped

Garlic3 cloves

Carrot1, diced

Celery1 stick, diced

Tomato6, grated

Tomato puree3 tbsp

Olive oil½ cup

Dill leavesa handful

Flat leaf parsleya handful

Dried oregano½ tsp

Sugara pinch

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Simmer the soaked beans until just tender. Drain, keeping some liquid.
2Soften onion, garlic, carrot and celery in half the oil, add tomato, paste, sugar and herbs and simmer 10 minutes.
3Mix beans and sauce in a baking dish with a little bean liquid and the remaining oil.
4Bake at 180 C until thick and caramelised on top.

Serve it like this

Serve warm or at room temperature in a shallow dish with crumbled feta and bread.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Greece

Gigantes plaki

Giant beans baked in a thick tomato and dill sauce. Creamy beans, crusty edges.

150 minTime

17 gProtein each

mildSpice

12hPlan ahead. Soak for 12 hours first; the 150 minutes come after.

Baked giants1 chapter · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayGiant beans baked in olive oil, tomato and herbs.

The original

416kcalsame

17 gproteinsame

13 gfibresame

150minutessame

Gigantes plaki.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Cannellini beans2 cups gigantes or large butter beans, soaked

Onion2, chopped

Garlic3 cloves

Carrot1, diced

Celery1 stick, diced

Tomato6, grated

Tomato puree3 tbsp

Olive oil½ cup

Dill leavesa handful

Flat leaf parsleya handful

Dried oregano½ tsp

Sugara pinch

Saltto taste

Method

4 steps

1Simmer the soaked beans until just tender. Drain, keeping some liquid.
2Soften onion, garlic, carrot and celery in half the oil, add tomato, paste, sugar and herbs and simmer 10 minutes.
3Mix beans and sauce in a baking dish with a little bean liquid and the remaining oil.
4Bake at 180 C until thick and caramelised on top.

Serve it like this

Serve warm or at room temperature in a shallow dish with crumbled feta and bread.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Gigantes plaki

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

Gigantes plaki

Make it your way

Ingredients

Method

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