"Giusi" > wrote in message
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> "Ophelia" >
>> wrote:
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>>> No sweetener. I used olive oil, onions, garlic, smoked lardons, canned
>>> canellini beans (including the water in the can), fresh herbs: parsley,
>>> sage and lemon thyme and a good glug of white wine.
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>> I wouldn't call those "baked" beans, even if you did cook them in the
>> oven. The term "Baked beans" in the USA connotes an addition of
>> molasses and neither way would be considered a candidate for refried
>> beans in my kitchen.
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> But Ophelia is not in the USA, so maybe a "Boston" or "New England"
> belongs in front of your baked. Fagioli al forno means baked beans.

Indeed! Mine are certainly not baked... well they won't be when I need my
oven for bread, but it is the first introduction I had to beans, and it has
stuck

Thank you very much for getting me started! I love them so much, my
leftovers won't keep to use as 'sides'. I am just about to have a dish of
them for my lunch
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