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cannellini

cannellini

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A large white bean often used in Italian cooking
  • noun
  • /ˌkænəˈlini/
: cannellini
  • The recipe calls for one cup of cannellini beans to add protein and flavor to the dish.
  • cannellini beans
  • cannellini stew
  • drained cannellini

So having tin lagoons, so tin chickpeas, tin butter beans, tin cannellini beans.

Examples

  • For a hearty soup, I like to include cannellini beans for their creamy texture.

  • I don't care if they're soy, lima, kidney, cannellini, heinz, fava or great northern, you do not let my father think for one minute that you're calling him a beaner.

  • I'm adding black beans and cannellini beans as well today.

  • So the one that you both chose was made with cashews and coconut milk and then B in the middle was made with cannellini beans.

  • So to that pot, Drew, we're going to add our beans and we're using thin skin cannellini beans over here, thin skin, thin skin, white bean skin cannellini.

  • Then add in one can of cannellini beans, one can of kidney beans, and then two cans of plum to tomatoes and let that simmer.

  • So having tin lagoons, so tin chickpeas, tin butter beans, tin cannellini beans.

  • Cans, grains and pasta, chickpeas, cannellini beans, red kidney beans, Italian tomatoes, chickpeas.

  • The last time I went out to eat, the waitress informed me that the chef had created a special 3-course vegan menu just for me, which included the most amazing dish of morels, chanterelles, and cannellini beans... heaven!

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  • The first iteration (also taste tested by Cousin Sonia) was good with black beans and chicken sausage, but the best version turned out to be the one made with cannellini beans, cabbage, and smoked ham.

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Surface Forms

cannellini singular
cannellinis plural

Etymology

The word cannellini comes from Italian and is the plural of cannellino, a name meaning 'little tube' or 'small cane' that describes the bean's shape. That's why cannellini refers to those small white kidney beans common in Italian cooking.