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Fagioli con le Cotiche

Name: Fagioli con le Cotiche
Total time: 150 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: San Marino
Ingredients: 300g (dried) White beans; 200g (skin-on, in one piece) Bacon; 1 can Canned tomatoes; 1 Onion; 1 Carrot; 1/2 Celery; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Bay leaf; 3 tbsp Olive oil; A pinch Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Baguette

Main Dish

⏱ 150 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Pork rind and beans stewed in tomato — a Sammarinese winter home dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Fagioli con le cotiche means 'beans with pork rind,' a winter home dish of San Marino and central Italy in which white beans are slowly stewed in tomato with pork rind or bacon. The gelatin from the rind gives it a silky richness. It's eaten with bread.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a stone house kitchen in San Marino, a pot of red bean stew bubbles by the fireplace and is served with thick slices of bread.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

White beans 300g (dried)
Bacon 200g (skin-on, in one piece)
Canned tomatoes 1 can
Onion 1
Carrot 1
Celery 1/2
Garlic 2 cloves
Bay leaf 1
Olive oil 3 tbsp
Salt A pinch
Black Pepper A pinch
Baguette To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the beans overnight and boil for 1 hour.
Cut the bacon into strips and parboil the rind portion.
Heat olive oil in a pot and sauté the chopped onion, carrot, celery, garlic, and bacon.
Add the canned tomatoes, bay leaf, beans, and a little cooking liquid and simmer 40 minutes.
Season with salt and pepper and serve with bread.

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