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Gigantes plaki recipe
Big beans baked in tomato and dill.
Ingredients
- 300 g dried butter beans
- 400 g ripe tomatoes
- 1 onion
- 1 carrot
- 3 garlic
- 1 fresh dill
- 2 tbsp tomato purée
- 5 tbsp olive oil
How to make Gigantes plaki
- Soak the beans overnight and boil until just tender but not bursting. Keep some of the water.
- Soften the onion, carrot and garlic in plenty of olive oil, then add the tomato and purée.
- Fold the beans through with enough of their water to keep it loose, and a lot of dill.
- Bake at 180°C in an open dish until the top browns and the sauce thickens, about forty-five minutes. Best warm, not hot.
What is Gigantes plaki?
Gigantes plaki is a traditional dish from Greece, baked in the oven, and takes about 90 minutes from start to finish. It is built around ripe tomatoes and dried butter beans. The recipe below uses 8 ingredients and is written out step by step.
How long does Gigantes plaki take?
At 90 minutes it is slower than 62% of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas. Copper's atlas has 11 dishes built on ripe tomatoes. The method runs to 4 steps.
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