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Italian Cannellini and Mint Salad

By Laura Pazzaglia

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4 Servings

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less than 15 min

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Easy

Italian Cannellini and Mint Salad
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Recipe Details

Difficulty: Easy

Prep Time: 1 min

Cook Time: 8 min

Total Time: less than 15 min

Cooking Technique: Pressure Cook

Cuisine: Italian

Diet: Dairy Free, Gluten Free, High Fiber, Low Carb, Low Fat, Vegan, Vegetarian

Yield: 4 Servings

Ingredients

  • 1 cup dry cannellini beans, soaked
  • 4 cups water
  • 1 clove garlic, smashed
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 sprig mint, fresh
  • 1 dash vinegar
  • 1 generous swirl olive oil
  • Salt to taste
  • Pepper to taste

INSTRUCTIONS

  1. To pressure cook, add soaked beans, water, garlic clove and bay leaf to the Instant Pot.
  2. Close and lock the lid of the Instant Pot. Press [Pressure Cook] and then use the [+] or [ - ] button to set 8 minutes of pressure cooking time.
  3. When time is up, open the Instant Pot using Natural Pressure Release.
  4. Strain the beans and mix with mint, vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper.

About the chef

Laura Pazzaglia

Laura Pazzaglia

Laura Pazzaglia is the founder of the Hip Pressure Cooking website. She's an industry-recognized expert in pressure cookery serving the last decade as a consultant for manufacturers in Europe and America and performing demonstrations worldwide. Laura does more than write and test recipes, her books and articles explore the mechanics of pressure cooking, how ingredients react under pressure and the nutritional benefits of pressure cooking- one of her articles is cited in scientific literature. She has appeared in several infomercials and pressure cooker demonstration videos. But, mostly, she prefers giving classes and live product demonstrations where cooks can taste the benefits of pressure cooking.  She produced a free video series using the Instant Pot, Pressure Cooking School, to reach and teach more cooks the ease of pressure cookery. Currently, Laura lives in Italy near Rome and travels frequently to the United States and Europe to share her passion for kitchen technology. She holds a green belt in Goshin Do (Shotokan Karate specialty) and when not cooking or writing she is defending and attacking her way to a black belt. Previously, she spent about 15 years as an information technology professional in San Francisco and California's Silicon Valley.

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