Sage Flavored Beans Food

TUSCAN BEANS WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Combine sage, garlic and oil in a saucepan and sauté for several minutes, until the garlic is golden.
• Add the tomatoes, lemon juice and cannellini beans and continue to cook for about 10 more minutes or until everything is hot.
• Add salt and pepper to taste. Serve hot or cold.

WHITE BEANS WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Let the oil get heated in a large nonstick skillet over med-high heat; add in onion, fennel, and garlic; stir/saute 3-5 minutes or until softened.
• Add in the cannellini beans and sage; cook 1 minute.
• Add in the lemon juice; cook 1 minute.
• Remove from heat and stir in the lemon zest, salt, and pepper.

WHITE BEANS WITH SAGE AND OLIVE OIL

Steps:

• Place beans in large saucepan. Add enough cold water to cover by 3 inches and let soak overnight.
• Drain beans and return to pan. Add 6 cups cold water, 1/4 cup oil, chopped sage and garlic. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to medium-low. Cover partially; simmer until beans are just tender, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool. Cover and keep chilled. Rewarm before continuing.)
• Using slotted spoon, transfer beans to bowl. Top with more oil.

BAKED WHITE BEANS AND SAUSAGE WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 375 degrees. In a 9-by-13-inch baking dish, prick the sausages all over with a fork. Add the garlic, drizzle with the olive oil and toss to coat. Bake until the sausages start to brown on top, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Put on your oven mitts, take the roasting pan out of the oven and set it on a heatproof surface. Using tongs, carefully turn the sausages over. (The sausages will brown on the other side when they go back into the oven.)
• Tear the sage leaves into little pieces and add them to the sausages along with the drained beans and apple juice. Give the bean mixture a stir.
• Wearing your oven mitts, put the roasting pan back in the oven and bake until the bean mixture is warmed, about 20 minutes.
• Put on your oven mitts one last time to remove the roasting pan from the oven. To serve, carefully stir everything together using a wooden spoon, and add a little salt and pepper to taste.

TUSCAN WHITE BEANS WITH SAGE

Steps:

• Saute the onion, garlic, and carrots in the olive oil until the onions are translucent. Add in the sage, cook until aromatic.
• Add the can of tomatoes, heat through.
• Add the white beans, return to a simmer, and simmer as long as you like (the longer, the yummier, honestly!).
• Just before serving, stir in the lemon juice.
• This dish holds up well to slight modifications. I have put in a stalk of celery, diced, with the onions and carrots. I have added a little dried rosemary with the white beans. All quite tasty. For omnivores, this dish is delicious with a few shrimp sauteed in butter and garlic served on top.

CANNELLINI BEANS WITH GARLIC AND SAGE

Steps:

• Place beans in large bowl. Cover with cold water (at least 6 cups) and let soak overnight.
• Drain beans. Place in heavy large pot. Add 8 cups room-temperature water, 2 tablespoons olive oil, garlic, sage, and black peppercorns. Bring to simmer over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to mediumlow; simmer uncovered 1 1/2 hours, stirring occasionally. Mix in 1 teaspoon coarse salt. Continue to simmer until beans are tender, adding more water if needed to keep beans covered, about 30 minutes longer. Cool beans in liquid 1 hour.
• Using slotted spoon, transfer beans to serving bowl, reserving bean cooking liquid, if desired, but discarding garlic, sage, and peppercorns. Season beans to taste with pepper and more coarse salt. Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and serve.

SAGE-FLAVORED BEANS

Steps:

• The night before cooking, soak beans in abundant water. (If there is not time, cover beans with water, bring to a boil, let boil 2 minutes and then soak for an hour.) Drain beans and discard soaking water. Cover beans with fresh boiling water.
• Place beans over medium-low heat and add 3 cloves of peeled garlic, the sage and the olive oil.
• Cover beans and leave to cook over gentle heat until beans are soft and tender, but not mushy, about 50 minutes. Check pan from time to time, and add a very little boiling water if it seems necessary.
• If you are serving beans with roast lamb with garlic (see recipe), add them now, with their liquid, to the pot containing the onions, bacon and lamb. If you are not serving them with the lamb, continue cooking in their own liquid. Either way, add fourth clove of garlic, chopped, and salt and pepper. Simmer gently about 30 minutes. This should make a thick "sauce" to go with the lamb. If it is too watery, raise heat to further reduce the liquid before serving.