Silky Red Bean Sauce Recipes

13 WAYS TO COOK RED BEANS

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• Select your favorite recipe.
• Organize all the required ingredients.
• Prep a red bean recipe in 30 minutes or less!

RED BEAN PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• After having soaked the beans overnight or for at least 8 hours, place the beans in a large pot and cover with 6 cups of water. Add the bay leaves and the garlic cloves.
• Bring the beans to a boil over high heat and then reduce the heat to medium-low, keeping the beans at a simmer for an hour and a half, stirring frequently.
• Once the time is up, turn the heat off and set the beans aside. Leave them in the water with the lid on.
• Set a large pot of water to boil for your pasta. While you wait for the water to boil, prepare the rest of the sauce by heating the olive oil in a large, wide saucepan.
• Once the oil is hot, lower the heat to medium and add the onion and celery, stirring often. Be sure not to burn the mixture. Cook until the onion and celery have softened. This should take between 15 and 20 minutes.
• Drain the beans and add them to the mixture. Discard the bay leaves but add the garlic cloves to the mixture as well. Mash the cloves up so that they flavour the sauce. Add the red pepper flakes and salt to taste. Cook for 5 minutes and then turn the heat off while you cook your pasta.
• Once the water for the pasta has boiled, cook the pasta according to the package directions. Once the pasta is cooked, drain it and add it to the bean mixture. Turn the heat on low as you combine the pasta with the sauce. Add the parsley (optional) and serve immediately.
• Enjoy!

GREEN BEANS, RED SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C). Put the tomatoes into a roasting pan or ovenproof baking dish; they should fit snugly in a single layer. Pour over enough olive oil to wet the fruit and to form a thin layer at the bottom of the dish. Season generously with salt and black pepper, tuck in the bay leaves and sprinkle a little red wine vinegar over (a teaspoon will do). Now leave in the hot oven for about thirty minutes, until the skins have started to blacken here and there and there is much juice in the dish.
• Crush the tomatoes with a fork, check the seasoning, and correct it with a little salt and pepper if necessary.
• Trim the beans and slice them thinly. Steam for three or four minutes, until tender but still crisp and bright, then toss them with the tomato sauce. Grate some lemon zest over the hot beans and their sauce.

SILKY RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Coarsely chop the peeled peppers.
• Warm the olive oil in a medium skillet with the onion and half the herbs. Add the peppers and 1/2 teaspoons salt and cook over medium heat until the onion is soft, about 10 minutes. Add the wine and cook until it's syrupy, then add the tomato puree, paste, and water.
• Simmer, covered, for 25 minutes.
• Puree, then pass through a food mill.
• Season to tastte with the vinegar and stir in the butter(it rounds the flavors and gives the sauce a silky sheen).
• Reheat before serving and stir in the remaining herbs at the last minute.