Lean Yellow Farinata
Origin: Florence, Italy
Source: Pellegrino Artusi, 1891
Ingredients
- dl white beans
- white or savoy cabbage
- salt
- pepper
- thyme (pepolino/timo)
- olive oil
- cloves garlic
- tomato sauce or paste
- cornmeal (granturco flour)
Instructions
- Cook 4 dl white beans in water, sieve them, and stir the puree back into the bean liquid.
- Boil half a head of chopped cabbage in it for about two hours with salt, pepper and thyme.
- Brown two whole garlic cloves in oil, discard them, then add tomato, salt and pepper and boil briefly; pour into the pot.
- Sprinkle in cornmeal a little at a time, stirring to avoid lumps; boil to a loose consistency and serve. Serves four.