- Preparation time: 5 minutes.
- Cooking time: 2 hours.
- 700g beans or chick-peas (double the quantity if fresh).
- Salt.
- Bunch of sage.
- 2 garlic cloves.
- Extra-virgin olive oil.
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Chick-peas and beans are absolutely essential ingredients in Florentine cookery. Follow just a few, simple rules when cooking, and they will always be perfectly tender and delicious. Rinse them carefully in a sieve or colander and cover with plenty of cold water (you will need about three litres). Add a pinch of salt, sage leaves and the garlic and leave to cook over a very low flame. They usually need about two hours, though if fresh, only forty minutes, but stir them with a wooden spoon to test how soft they are. Serve with plenty of good olive oil, if possible, newly-pressed.
