I love reading cooking blogs, scouring Pinterest for new recipes, and getting inspiration from Instagram. I've saved so many recipes over the past month and I've been digging lots on Smitten Kitchen (one of my favorite blogs!). I came across this recipe for pizza beans and thought it would be fun to try - that said, I made a bunch of changes because I wasn't in the mood for beans and swapped them with sweet Italian sausage from Raffetto's. This dish was so filling and so delicious - highly recommend making this either with sausage or vegetarian with beans!
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 celery stalks, diced
- 1 large or 2 regular carrots, diced
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper or red pepper flakes
- 2 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 pound cooked sweet Italian sausage broken up into small pieces
- 1/4 cup (60 ml) dry white or red wine (optional)
- 4 ounces (115 grams) curly kale leaves, chopped or torn
- 1 28 oz. can of crushed tomatoes
- 1 pound (455 grams) cooked firm-tender giant white beans
- 1/2 pound (225 grams) mozzarella, coarsely grated
- 1/3 cup (35 grams) grated Parmesan
Directions
- Heat the oven to 475 degrees. In a cast iron pan or shallow Dutch oven, heat the olive oil on medium-high. Add the onion, celery, and carrots. In a separate pan, cook the sausage and break it up into little pieces.
- Season well with salt and black or red pepper. Cook, sautéing, until the vegetables brown lightly, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic, and cook for 1 minute more.
- Add the wine, if using, to scrape up any stuck bits, then simmer until it disappears, 1 to 2 minutes.
- Add the kale, and cook for 1 to 2 minutes, until collapsed, then add the tomatoes and bring to a simmer.
- Add the sausage. Simmer the mixture together over medium for about 10 minutes, adjusting the seasonings as needed.
- Sprinkle the mixture first with the mozzarella, then the Parmesan, and bake for 10 to 15 minutes, until browned on top. If you’re impatient and want a deeper color, you can run it under the broiler.
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