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Kale and cannellini bean pasta dish

Ingredients:

  • 1 pound pasta
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • ¼-½ cup coarsely chopped yellow onion
  • 2-3 cloves garlic, minced
  • 5 ounces of mushrooms, chopped
  • 1½ cups kale, ribs removed, sliced into thin ribbons
  • 1 can cannellini beans or other beans, drained
  • ½ cup white wine
  • 2 Tablespoons lemon juice
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ¼-½ teaspoon black or white pepper
  • 2 Tablespoons fresh basil, chopped
  • Fresh parsley, chopped
  • Grated Parmesan or Romano cheese

Directions:

  1. Rinse off kale, remove ribs, and slice leaves into small pieces. Some people discard the ribs. Another approach is to remove the ribs, then cut them up into small pieces, and blanch them longer than the leafy parts, that is, put them in the boiling water first and let them cook 3-4 minutes before adding the leafy parts. An easy way to chop up the leafy parts of the kale is to stack 5-10 leaves, then roll them up tightly. Slice the roll once longitudinally, then cut the roll into thin slices transverely.
  2. Heat a large pot of water over high heat until it boils. Add kale and blanch (boil for about 2 minutes), then remove kale with a slotted spoon and set aside. Do not drain pot: save water.
  3. Bring water back to a boil and add pasta. Boil for 10-12 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  4. Meanwhile, place 2 Tablespoons of olive oil to a large pot and heat over medium heat.
  5. Chop yellow onion and garlic, place in large pot, and sauté until onion is soft but not brown. Add mushrooms, reduce heat to medium-low and cook until mushrooms are soft, stirring often.
  6. After mushrooms and onions have softened add kale, beans, white wine, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Turn heat up to medium-high, and sauté for another 5-7 minutes, stirring often.
  7. Once pasta is done cooking, drain water, and add noodles to medium-sized pot with onions, etc.
  8. Cook for another 2-3 minutes on medium. At the last moment before serving, toss in chopped basil.
  9. Serve with grated Parmesan or Romano cheese and basil leaves.