Recipes | Central Bean Company

Ingredients

• 1/3 cup – Toasted Sesame Seeds
• 1/8 cup- Lime or Lemon Juice
• 1/8 teaspoon- Crushed Red Chilies
• ½ teaspoon- Minced Garlic
• 1-15oz can, drained and rinsed OR 2 cups cooked dry Garbanzo Beans
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 cans (15 ounces each)- Garbanzo or navy beans or 3 cups cooked dry-packaged garbanzo or navy beans, rinsed, drained
• 2/3 cup- fat free sour cream
• 2 teaspoons- minced garlic
• 4 teaspoons- Balsamic vinegar
• ¼ cup- chopped sun-dried tomatoes (not in oil)
• ¼ cup- finely chopped fresh or dried parsley
• 2 tablespoons- chopped Kalamata or ripe olives
• 8 ounces- dry cranberry beans (cannellini, fagioli, Stoetino, Mascherino, Nano, or Zalfino) (about 1 ¼ cups)
• 10 cups- water
• 1 ounce- pancetta, ¼ in slices, (or thinly sliced bacon-about 1 rasher)
• 1 tablespoon- olive oil
• 1 ½ cups- chopped celery
• ½ cup- chopped carrot
• ½ cup- chopped onion
• ½ cup- dry white wine
• 1 tablespoon- instant beef bouillon
• ½ teaspoon- crushed red pepper
• ½ teaspoon- dried tarragon
• ½ teaspoon- dried basil
• 1/4 teaspoon- pepper
• 1 head escarole, rinsed, dried and torn into bite-size pieces (about 6 cups)
• 3 plum tomatoes, finely chopped (about 1 ¼-1 ½ cups)
• 1/3 cup- tomato juice