Description
Italian white beans in tomato sauce, Tuscan white beans in tomato sauce, uccelletto beans, or if you’re fancy, fagioli all’uccelleto. No matter how you refer to them, these beans are delicious and this recipe is so easy to make! They’re a traditional Italian way to prepare cannellini beans and they happen to be plant-based!
Ingredients
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4 cups of cooked cannellini beans, plus a bit of the cooking broth. If using canned or jarred beans, you’ll use a bit of the liquid as well.
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1/4 cup olive oil (plus more to drizzle)
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4 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped or crushed
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8 fresh sage leaves, each leaf torn into 3 or 4 pieces
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2 cups canned whole peeled tomatoes, roughly chopped with their juices (or mash them to break them up)
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salt to taste
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crushed red pepper flakes or freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
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Heat the olive oil in a deep saucepan over a medium-low heat. Add the garlic and give it a stir, and then add the sage. Stir until fragrant. This doesn’t take long, just a minute or two, you just want the oil to absorb the flavors.
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Add the tomatoes and juice to the pan. Turn to medium heat and cook for a few minutes so the liquid reduces slightly.
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Add the cannellini beans along with some of their liquid to the tomato sauce. Cook a bit longer, 10-15 minutes or so, until the liquid reduces and thickens. The end result should be a fairly thick sauce.
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Taste and check for salt. Serve with a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil and top with a sprinkle of crushed red pepper flakes.
Notes
- This recipe is flexible! If you don’t have any canned whole tomatoes, use crushed tomatoes. You can use tomato paste and add a bit of liquid as well. You just want the tomato flavor in this dish along with the other ingredients which you can add more or less of as well.
- Leftovers can be stored in the refrigerator for 3-4 days.
- Prep Time: 10
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: legumes
- Cuisine: Italian
Keywords: uccelletto beans, fagioli all'uccelletto, tuscan white beans in tomato sauce, Italian white beans in tomato sauce, vegan Italian bean side dish, vegan Italian food