Recipes Tagged “beans”

A wide terracotta bowl of thick ribollita on a pale grey stone table: a khaki-green bread and bean soup with dark ribbons of cavolo nero, whole white cannellini beans, carrot and potato, topped with a pool of green-gold olive oil, black pepper and rings of raw red onion, with a spoon in it and a jug of oil and a torn loaf behind

Italian

Ribollita: Tuscan Bread, Bean and Cavolo Nero Soup

6 bowls · 3 hr 15 min

A shallow off-white enamel bowl with a thin red rim of Egyptian ful medames on a pale-green painted table: soft brown fava beans with wrinkled, split skins in a moist half-mashed bean paste, a pool of golden olive oil in the centre topped with chopped tomato, parsley and scallion, ground cumin on the rim, beside two puffed brown flatbreads, a saucer of pink pickled turnips and green chillies, and lemon wedges

Egyptian

Ful Medames: Egyptian Slow-Stewed Fava Beans for Breakfast

6 servings · 5 hr 50 min

Two moi moi on a speckled stoneware plate: one unwrapped from a steamed, olive-green banana leaf, soft and coral-orange with leaf creases on its sides, the other cut open to show a smooth orange inside with a quarter of boiled egg and smoked mackerel, beside jollof rice and fried plantain

Nigerian

Moi Moi: Nigerian Steamed Bean Pudding with Egg and Fish

6 servings · 2 hr 30 min

A deep ochre-glazed earthenware bowl of Greek fasolada on a pale blue wooden table: plump white beans in a thick orange-red broth with carrot rounds, celery, a sheen of olive oil and chili flakes, a spoon in the bowl, with country bread, feta with oregano, Kalamata olives and a quartered red onion beside it

Greek

Fasolada: Greek White Bean Soup with Olive Oil and Tomato

6 bowls · 2 hr 15 min

Feijoada in a black clay pot with two looped handles: a thick, glossy, near-black stew of whole black beans with coins of smoked sausage, pork ribs and chunks of beef, surrounded by bowls of white rice, shredded green collards, golden farofa and orange slices

Brazilian

Feijoada: Brazil's Black Bean and Pork Stew, Made at Home

8 servings · 15 hr 30 min

Frijoles de la olla in a glazed clay pot, pinto beans in their broth with a sprig of epazote, a small bowl of beans topped with chopped onion and cilantro beside it

Mexican

Frijoles de la Olla: Mexican Pot Beans with Epazote

8 servings · 7 hr 45 min