Tender Greek Roasted Beans In Tomato Sauce

Total Time: 26 hrs Preparation Time: 24 hrs Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• 1 lb beans (gigantes) or 1 lb butter beans (soak them in water overnight)
• 2 tomatoes, grated (or diced)
• 4 garlic, cloves peeled
• 2 onions, thinly sliced
• 2 tablespoons tomato paste, mixed with a bit of water
• 3/4 cup olive oil
• 1/2 bunch parsley, chopped
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 soak the beans overnight, the longer, the better.
• 2 preheat oven at 350 farenheit (180 degrees celsius).
• 3 drain and rinse the beans and boil in water for about 40 minutes to an hour, until they are soft but not mushy. make sure you boil them enough; otherwise the beans will be too hard to eat even after baking.
• 4 in the meantime prepare the sauce. sauté the onion in a bit of olive on low heat until soft and add the garlic cloves whole. if you want a stronger garlic flavor you can mince the garlic.
• 5 add the tomato , the tomato paste, parsley, salt and pepper to taste and about ¼ cup olive oil. let it simmer until sauce thickens, about 10 minutes.
• 6 once the beans have boiled, drain them and put them back into the pot, add the sauce and mix gently. pour the mixture in a pan and spread evenly and then pour about another ¼ cup olive oil over the beans and bake for about 50 minutes until beans are tender.
• 7 accompany with feta cheese and bread.