No, it doesn't mean failed beans.
I got some fresh romano beans from the farmers market...i thought they would taste nice cooked this way.
Fagioli al fiasco - beans cooked in flask....tuscan recipe.
The origin of the dish it says to be from when people would use the empty chianti wine flasks to cook beans. Just before going to bed, one would put beans in the flask (one by one - narrow neck), with sage leaves, whole garlic cloves, olive oil and topped with water. Loosely covered it would sit in the dying embers of the stove used both for cooking and heating. By morning they had a meal.
Good cold on it's own or as a side.
I tried three combinations: classic, with liquid smoke and with chunks of smoked pancetta.
I used mason jars for flasks.
All assembled
The jar on the right has some cooking water from the previous batch.
After 1.5h at 270F in the oven
They were all tasty: the clasic allows you to enjoy the taste of fresh beans. The liquid smoke adds a little flavour. The smoked pancetta offers the whole range.
I know....it's just beans...but i thought it's a cool way to cook and sometimes simple can be great.
For dry beans you would need more water, unless you soak them first.
Keeps well in the fridge for at least a week.
My kid wants to take some jars when returning to Univ.
I got some fresh romano beans from the farmers market...i thought they would taste nice cooked this way.
Fagioli al fiasco - beans cooked in flask....tuscan recipe.
The origin of the dish it says to be from when people would use the empty chianti wine flasks to cook beans. Just before going to bed, one would put beans in the flask (one by one - narrow neck), with sage leaves, whole garlic cloves, olive oil and topped with water. Loosely covered it would sit in the dying embers of the stove used both for cooking and heating. By morning they had a meal.
Good cold on it's own or as a side.
I tried three combinations: classic, with liquid smoke and with chunks of smoked pancetta.
I used mason jars for flasks.
All assembled
The jar on the right has some cooking water from the previous batch.
After 1.5h at 270F in the oven
They were all tasty: the clasic allows you to enjoy the taste of fresh beans. The liquid smoke adds a little flavour. The smoked pancetta offers the whole range.
I know....it's just beans...but i thought it's a cool way to cook and sometimes simple can be great.
For dry beans you would need more water, unless you soak them first.
Keeps well in the fridge for at least a week.
My kid wants to take some jars when returning to Univ.