Legumes · Dried

Cannellini beans

Also called cannellini, white kidney beans, fagioli cannellini

Dried white kidney beans from Italy; cook up creamy with thin skins, classic in ribollita, pasta e fagioli and slow-braised beans with sage.

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What can replace it

  • T1 · Great swapHaricot beans

    Smaller and slightly firmer.

  • T2 · GoodBorlotti beans

    Nuttier and turns pinkish-brown when cooked.

  • T2 · GoodButter beans

    Larger and more floury; cook a little longer.

  • T2 · GoodFlageolet beans

    Smaller, pale green and firmer, with a grassier flavour.

  • T3 · In a pinchChickpeas

    Firmer and nuttier, never goes creamy; needs longer soaking and cooking.

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