Gigantes with tomatoes and greens

Name: Gigantes with tomatoes and greens
Prep time: 12 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 14 h
Cuisine: Greek, Mediterranean
Ingredients: 500g/1lb 2oz dried gigantes beans or butter beans, soaked overnight; 1 onion, chopped; 2 garlic cloves, chopped; 6 tbsp olive oil; ½ tsp sweet paprika; 1 tbsp tomato purée; 1 x 400g tin chopped tomatoes; 1 tsp salt; freshly ground black pepper, to taste; 350g/12oz chard or spinach, washed; small handful fresh parsley, chopped; small handful fresh mint, chopped

Instructions

Prep:12hCook:2h

This recipe comes from Epirus in northern Greece, where they grow plenty of giant butter beans which they cook with tomatoes and wild greens. To make it easy, I have used chard, in case you don’t fancy going out to gather dandelions or sea kale.

Updated at: Fri, 06 Dec 2024 09:32:06 GMT