“Gigantes” Beans with sausage in the oven
Greek Traditional meze that can also serve as a main meal and offers fiber that gives fullness to our body.
Ingredients
- 500 grams "Gigantes" beans (large white beans)
- 1 piece sausage cut into slices
- 2 piece dried onions finely chopped
- 2 clove garlic
- 2 piece Florina peppers (red peppers) cut into squares
- 2 piece carrots diced
- 1/2 bunch celery finely chopped, only the leaves
- 100 grams tomato paste
- 200 grams canned tomatoes
- 1.5 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tablespoon coriander powder
- 1/2 tablespoon spice powder
- 1 tablespoon sweet paprika powder
- salt
- Pepper
Instructions
- Soak the gigantes beans overnight in a bowl filled with water up to the top so that it completely covers them.
- The next day, wash them very well and boil them for half an hour in water without salt.
- In a saucepan, once hot, pour half a cup of olive oil and sauté the onion, Florina peppers, carrot and spices until they wilt.
- After a while, add the tomato paste to sauté with a little pepper and set aside
- Drain the gigantes beans and place them in an ovenproof dish, along with the vegetable sauce, canned tomatoes, remaining olive oil, a little salt and pepper and enough water to cover them.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180℃ for about an hour and a half (depending on the oven). Add a little water if necessary during baking.
- While the gigantes are baking in the oven, pass the sausage slices through the pan a little to shield them.
- When the sausage has thickened, add the sausage for the last ten minutes before removing from the oven. Serve with freshly baked bread.