Shelled Beans as a Side to Boiled Meat

Ingredients

• 300 g shelled beans
• 30 g salt-cured pork (carnesecca), whole
• 2 dl water
• 4 tbsp olive oil
• sage
• salt and white pepper

Instructions

1. Combine the beans with the water, oil, salt-cured pork, sage, salt and white pepper.
2. Boil gently, shaking often.
3. Remove the sage and pork; serve. Serves four.