My beans

To open a can of beans and serve hot on toast is the ultimate tasty fast food. Beans home cooking adds another dimension; They are not only tasty, you can control what goes and avoid the canned variety found in sugar.

My recipe is used on beans baked beans is based on to cook in Italy, so it's not necessarily a British recipe, I cooked so often here in the UK, I think they are allowed.

Preparation time: 15 minutes

Cooking time: 3 hours

Total time: 3 hours 15 minutes

Ingredients:

• 4 oz / 110 g dried white beans white
• 1 small onion, peeled,
• 4 garlic
• 4 tsp tomato paste
• 6 black peppercorns
• 1 bay leaf
• 4 leaves of fresh sage
• 6 large cloves garlic, peeled,
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1 tomato, diced, peeled and seeded
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• Extra virgin olive oil (optional)

Preparation:

Makes 6 servings
Preheat oven to 320 ° F / 160 ° C

• Show beans in a large bowl or pan, cover with cold water and soak overnight.
• The next day, rinse the beans and cover pan in a large skillet or deep pan with enough cold water.
• Pierce peeled onion with cloves and add the beans with 2 teaspoons tomato paste, pepper, bay leaves, sage, garlic and canned tomatoes. Bring to boil on the stove and in the oven for about 2-3 hours, until beans are soft. Occasionally during cooking that the beans do not dry out when they appear to be more heat, a little boiling water.
• Add the onion and bay leaf teeth to remove. Add the diced tomatoes and stir in remaining tomato paste and cook for 30 minutes. Season to taste and serve with olive oil drizzled fruity, if used.