Ingredients

1 lb dried beans

1 onion, 1/2 chopped

1 carrot chopped

1-2 stalks celery chopped

6 garlic cloves, 4 crushed, 2 chopped

bouquet garni with parsley, thyme, bay leaf

olive oil

16 cups chopped greens

tomato sauce

Preparation

  1. cook beans for 1 hour in water to cover with bouquet garni and 1/2 onion and crushed garlic. After 1 hour remove onion, garlic and bouquet garni
  2. Meanwhile heat olive oil over medium heat in a separate skillet and cook onion, carrot, celery and garlic, then add greens. Stir mixture into beans, and add tomato paste and 3 teaspoons salt. Cook for 1 hour more until beans are very cooked, and sauce is thick.