Beans with pork rind "Fagioli con le cotiche"

Cooking time: about 2 hours and 30 minutes
Difficulty: **
Ingredients, amounts for 4 people:

* garlic: 1 clove
* basil:
* onion: 1
* pork rind: 7 oz
* olive oil:
* pepper:
* ripe tomatoes: 11 oz
* parsley:
* cured ham: 2 oz
* salt:
* cannellini beans: 11 oz


Preparation:
Soak the beans in cold water over night. The next day, boil them and season with salt. Scrape the pork rind well, put into a saucepan, pour in enough water to cover them and boil for 15 minutes; drain and cut into thin strips and put them back into a clean saucepan, cover with cold water, season with salt and cook them. When the beans and the pork rind are ready, cut up finely the ham, the garlic, a handful of parsley and a few basil leaves. Put this mixture into an earthenware dish with a little oil and the chopped up onion and sauté. Then add the skinned, chopped up tomatoes, having removed their seeds. After about 20 minutes, add the drained beans, the pork rind and a little of their cooking water. Cover the dish and cook for about 15 minutes.

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