Wednesday, March 30, 2011

Emeril Lagasse's Tuscan Kale and White Bean Ragout

Ingredients :

2 tablespoons  olive oil
1 bay leaf
2 cloves  garlic -- smashed and roughly chopped
1/4 teaspoon  crushed red pepper
1 small  red onion -- sliced
1 1/2 pounds  Tuscan kale -- rinsed, patted dry, and cut crosswise into 1-inch wide slices
3/4 teaspoon  kosher salt -- plus more if needed
1/4 teaspoon  freshly ground black pepper -- plus more if needed
3 1/2 cups  cooked white beans -- or 2 (15-oz) cans cannellini beans or white beans, drained and rinsed
1 cup  canned diced tomatoes -- with their juices
1/2  cup  vegetable stock -- or canned low-sodium vegetable broth
To drizzle: -- extra-virgin olive oil


Preparation Method :

1. Heat the olive oil in a large sauté pan over medium-high heat. 
2. When it is hot, add the bay leaf, garlic, crushed red pepper and red onion. 
3. Cook until the onion begins to wilt and the garlic begins to turn golden around the edges, 3 to 4 minutes. 
4. Add the kale, salt and pepper, and cook for another 2 minutes. Then add the white beans, tomatoes and stock. 
5. Cover and cook until the kale is wilted and cooked through, about 15 minutes. 
6. Taste and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
7. Transfer the ragout to a serving dish, and drizzle it with extra virgin olive oil to taste. Serve hot.

Per Serving (excluding unknown items) : 

333 Calories; 
7g Fat (18.4% calories from fat); 
19g Protein; 
53g Carbohydrate; 
12g Dietary Fiber; 
trace Cholesterol; 
676mg Sodium.  

Exchanges : 

2 1/2 Grain(Starch); 
1 Lean Meat; 
3 1/2 Vegetable; 
1 1/2 Fat.

Recipe By : Emeril Lagasse, from Farm to Fork: Cooking Local, Cooking Fresh, HarperStudio Publisher, New York, 2010
Source : Dr. Oz Show
Formatted by : Chupa Babi

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