Brothy Beans with Garlic Toast | Recipe Cart | Recipe Cart

Ingredients

• 2 cups dried beans, I used Great Northern white beans
• 48 ounces chicken stock or broth
• 1/2 head garlic, sliced in half
• 1 slice fresh ginger
• 1 dried chili pepper
• 1 shallot, sliced in half lengthwise
• bay leaves
• 1 bunch thyme sprigs, tied in a bundle
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• a pinch or two of saffron
• 1 Parmesan cheese rind
• 1 egg, lightly beaten in a heat proof bowl or pyrex measuring cup
• fresh chopped rosemary and thyme leaves
• grated Parmesan, optional
• 6 slices of a baguette loaf, if they are small, you might use 12
• olive oil
• sea salt
• 1 or 2 garlic cloves, cut in half lengthwise