Kale with cannellini beans

A hearty, tasty idea for an abundance of kale. Delicious with garlic toasted crusty bread and plenty of Parmesan or romano cheese. Adapted from the talented Deborah Madison's cookbook, Vegetarian Cooking for Everyone.

Category: Main Dish

Cuisine: Italian

3 reviews 
Ready in 40 minutes
by Nlp9

Ingredients

2 pounds kale stems and ribs removed

1 small onion finely diced

6 garlic cloves minced or sliced

Pinch red pepper flakes

2 tsp Rosemary preferably fresh, chopped

1 pound Roma tomatoes chopped

1/2 cup Dry white wine

1 1/3 cups cannellini beans cooked or rinsed well if canned

Freshly grated Parmesan or Romano cheese


Directions

1. In a large pot of salted, simmering water, blanche the kale until tender, 7-10 minutes. Drain but reserve some of the cooking water for later use. When cool enough, chop the kale leaves roughly. 2. In a large open pan, sauté the onion in olive oil until translucent, then add garlic, rosemary, and red pepper flakes. Sauté 30 seconds until fragrant, then add chopped tomatoes. Allow the tomatoes to cook until starting to break down, 5-10 minutes. 3. Deglaze the pan with the white wine, cooking until it is slightly reduced and saucy. Add the beans, kale, and if necessary some of the reserved cooking water to keep the mixture loose. Heat through. 4. Serve topped with your cheese of choice and with a hearty piece of crusty bread.

Reviews


I just made this recipe but I didn't have any white wine on hand so I used red wine and it's pretty good like that. I had to add my own seasoning (salt, pepper, etc) other than that it would be pretty bland. Overall a good dish and I would definitely make it again

Jewels2U

Because of what I had on hand, I made this with red Russian kale and black-eyed peas. Since black-eyed peas seem so Southern, I omitted the Parmesan cheese and used pepper vinegar instead. Served it with cornbread. Yummy.

kathycookreddy

[I posted this recipe.]

Nlp9

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