new guinea beanIngredients

  • 2kg New Guinea bean, deseeded, peeled if large, and sliced into half moons.
  • 4 onions sliced
  • several table spoons of good olive oil
  • 8 cloves of garlic, peeled and smashed
  • chilli to taste
  • 500gm cherry tomatoes, or whole tomatoes cut into quarters
  • Salt, pepper
  • fresh basil, torn into pieces
  • grated Parmesan

Preparation

  1. Saute onions and New Guinea bean in good quality olive oil.
  2. Saute garlic and chili.
  3. Add tomato.
  4. Season with salt and pepper, cover with a lid and simmer to extract moisture from the bean.
  5. This becomes your sauce.  Simmer until thickened.  Add torn basil.

cucuzza stewTo Serve

  • Serve with grated Parmesan and garnish with more fresh basil.  Delicious eaten with fresh bread.

Recipe courtesy of Heather Hristovski



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