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• Recipe Overview
• Ingredients
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• Cuisine

  European >> Italian >> Italian

• Dietary Style

• Source

  Genius Kitchen(food.com)

| 1. In a large bowl, pour beans, add water to a level of 3 inches above beans and soak for 6 hours or overnight. | 2. Drain. | 3. Place beans in a soup kettle or Dutch oven; add 7 cups of water, 5 sage leaves and tomato. Bring to a boil; reduce heat and simmer uncovered for 1-1/2 to 2 hours or until beans are almost tender. | 4. Drain and reserve beans; discard liquid, sage and tomato. | 5. In a large saucepan, heat oil over medium heat. | 6. Add garlic, remaining sage, onions, carrots, celery, red pepper flakes and sauté until tender. Add beans, crushed tomatoes, stock, salt and pepper. | 7. Cover, reduce heat to low, continue to cook for 15-20 minutes. | 8. Meanwhile in a large skillet, prepare sausages according to package directions. | 9. Drain. | 10. Cut sausage links into thirds. | 11. Just before serving, gently stir mascarpone cheese into beans. Spoon prepared beans into individual bowls and top with sausage pieces. | 12. Garnish with additional fresh sage. Serve. | 13. *1/3 cup cream cheese, cubed, may be substituted for mascarpone cheese. | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Estimated Nutritional Profile for Ingredients

Ingredient Name	Quantity	Unit	State	Energy (kcal)	Carbohydrates	Protein (g)	Total Lipid (Fat) (g)
italian sausage	2	packages	mild	-	-	-	-
cannellini bean	2	cups	sorted rinsed	-	-	-	-
water	7	cups		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
sage leaf	10		divided	-	-	-	-
rom tomato	1		cored cut	-	-	-	-
olive oil	1/4	cup		477.36	0.0	0.0	54.0
garlic clove	3		minced	13.41	2.9754	0.5724	0.045
onion	1	cup	chopped	64.0	14.944	1.76	0.16
carrot	2/3	cup	chopped	34.9867	8.1749	0.7936	0.2048
celery	2/3	cup	chopped	10.7733	1.9998	0.4646	0.1145
red pepper flake	1/8	teaspoon		-	-	-	-
tomato	1	can	crushed	62.068999999999996	13.7631	3.2384	0.5397
chicken stock	1 1/2	cups		129.6	12.708	9.072000000000001	4.32
salt	1 1/2	1/2		-	-	-	-
pepper	1/2	teaspoon		2.8865	0.7354	0.1195	0.0375
mascarpone	1/3	cup		-	-	-	-

- Means that suitable USDA nutrition profile could not be mapped for this ingredient-unit combination.