{"id":925,"date":"2015-10-12T22:38:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T22:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/tuscany-umbria-cooking-vacation-blog\/?p=925"},"modified":"2019-04-23T22:50:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-23T22:50:20","slug":"tuscan-bean-recipe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/culture\/tuscan-bean-recipe\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Tuscan Bean Recipe Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p>On Thursdays in <a href=\"\/vacation\/index.cfm?vacation=italy-wine-cooking-vacation-tusancy-umbria-sun\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Soriano<\/a> we go to a winery and olive mill and learn how their exceptional extra virgin olive oil is made. After a tour of their olive mill, Serena (the owner) treats us to some home made food out on the terrace, among this food, is some of the best Tuscan Beans ever. &nbsp;Not a week goes by that guests on our tours don&#8217;t beg for the recipe for the &#8220;beans they had at Madonna delle Macchie. &nbsp;So we sat down with Serena&#8217;s mom and got her to write down the recipe for us. &nbsp;Here it is:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mdm-beans_da54b442654ed78e6b64cdf51db134d5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"928\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/culture\/tuscan-bean-recipe\/attachment\/mdm-beans_da54b442654ed78e6b64cdf51db134d5\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/mdm-beans_da54b442654ed78e6b64cdf51db134d5.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"400,267\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/culture\/tuscan-bean-recipe\/#Directions\" >Directions<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Ingredients\"><\/span>Ingredients<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>1 lb (500gr) Borlotti Beans<\/li>\n<li>6 oz. (170 gr) Lardo di Colonatta<\/li>\n<li>Sage<\/li>\n<li>Garlic<\/li>\n<li>Olive Oil<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 cup (125 ml) Orvieto Classico White Wine<\/li>\n<li>Salt<\/li>\n<li>Pepper<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Suitable<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;Substitutes if you cannot find the beans:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Cranberry Beans, Saluggia, Shell Beans, Crab Eye Beans, Rosecoco Beans, Roman Beans.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Suitable&nbsp;Substitute if you cannot find Lardo:<br \/>\n<\/strong>Find a butcher that can cut prosciutto into very thick slices for you and use the fat. It is a decent substitute.<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Directions\"><\/span>Directions<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Boil the beans, then drain.<\/li>\n<li>Place oil and garlic in a frying pan and and saute for 5 minutes with the Lardo and sage.<\/li>\n<li>Add the the beans and cook at low heat with salt and pepper for 10 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Pour the white wine and allow to evaporate for two minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Serve warm.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Enjoy, and tell us what you think!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"kk-star-ratings kksr-auto kksr-align-left kksr-valign-bottom\"\n    data-payload='{&quot;align&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:&quot;925&quot;,&quot;slug&quot;:&quot;default&quot;,&quot;valign&quot;:&quot;bottom&quot;,&quot;ignore&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;reference&quot;:&quot;auto&quot;,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;count&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;legendonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;readonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;score&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;starsonly&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;best&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;gap&quot;:&quot;5&quot;,&quot;greet&quot;:&quot;Rate this post&quot;,&quot;legend&quot;:&quot;0\\\/5 - (0 votes)&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;24&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Best Tuscan Bean Recipe Ever&quot;,&quot;width&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;_legend&quot;:&quot;{score}\\\/{best} - ({count} {votes})&quot;,&quot;font_factor&quot;:&quot;1.25&quot;}'>\n            \n<div class=\"kksr-stars\">\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-inactive\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"1\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"2\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"3\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"4\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" data-star=\"5\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n<div class=\"kksr-stars-active\" style=\"width: 0px;\">\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n            <div class=\"kksr-star\" style=\"padding-right: 5px\">\n            \n\n<div class=\"kksr-icon\" style=\"width: 24px; height: 24px;\"><\/div>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n                \n\n<div class=\"kksr-legend\" style=\"font-size: 19.2px;\">\n            <span class=\"kksr-muted\">Rate this post<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursdays in Soriano we go to a winery and olive mill and learn how their exceptional extra virgin olive oil is made. After a tour of their olive mill, Serena (the owner) treats us to some home made food out on the terrace, among this food, is some of the best Tuscan Beans ever. &nbsp;Not a week goes by that guests on our tours don&#8217;t beg for the recipe for the &#8220;beans they had at Madonna delle Macchie. &nbsp;So we sat down with Serena&#8217;s mom and got her to write down the recipe for us. &nbsp;Here it is: &nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":373,"featured_media":927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_eb_attr":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[291,27,777,316,771,600,8,303,84,55,769],"class_list":["post-925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","tag-america","tag-cimino","tag-coffee","tag-family","tag-food","tag-italian-word","tag-italians","tag-olive-garden","tag-pasta","tag-town-tourist","tag-umbria"],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/Tuscan-Beans.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/373"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.culturediscovery.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}