Ingredient
Cannellini beans
Cooked white kidney beans, mild and creamy with a thin skin. The bean for Tuscan soups and for blitzing into a dip where you want body without a strong flavour of its own.
- Sourcing
- Jarred Italian beans are firmer and better textured than tinned; tinned is entirely serviceable for soup.
- Varieties
- Tinned, Jarred, Dried
- Quality cues
- Whole ivory beans with intact skins in clear liquid. Grey or split beans have been overcooked in the tin.
- Substitutions
- Butter bean, Haricot bean, Borlotti bean
- Storage
- Out of the tin into a sealed container once open.
- Shelf life
- Tinned years unopened; 3-4 days refrigerated once opened
Nutrition
Per 100 g
- Calories
- 114 kcal
- Protein
- 7.3 g
- Fat
- 0.3 g
- Carbs
- 21.2 g
- Fibre
- 4.8 g
- Sugars
- 0.3 g
- Sodium
- 340 mg
From USDA FoodData Central (#175204). Raw, edible portion.