White Bean and Shrimp Stew With Dandelion Greens

Name: White Bean and Shrimp Stew With Dandelion Greens
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 3 h
Total time: 3 h 20 min
Yield: 6-8 serving(s)
Ingredients: 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided; 1/4 lb pancetta, diced (or Spanish chorizo); 1 onion, diced (about 1 cup); 4 garlic cloves, minced, divided; 1 lb great northern bean, dried; 7 cups water; salt, to taste; 1 lb shrimp, peeled medium; 1 teaspoon paprika (pimentÃƒ n de la vera); 1/4 teaspoon cumin, ground; 1 bunch dandelion greens, chopped (or Swiss chard, mustard greens or kale); sherry wine vinegar, to taste

Submitted by Busters friend

"This lovely slow cooked one pot stew is perfect for the earliest of the dandilion greens when it is still cold & raw. From the Tribune's Food & Drink Weekly Guide."

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Ready In:: 3hrs 20mins
Ingredients:: 12
Serves:: 6-8

ingredients

3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
¹⁄₄ lb pancetta, diced (or Spanish chorizo)
1 onion, diced (about 1 cup)
4 garlic cloves, minced, divided
1 lb great northern bean, dried
7 cups water
salt, to taste
1 lb shrimp, peeled medium
1 teaspoon paprika (pimentÃƒ n de la vera)
¹⁄₄ teaspoon cumin, ground
1 bunch dandelion greens, chopped (or Swiss chard, mustard greens or kale)
sherry wine vinegar, to taste

directions

Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
Heat 2 Tbsps. olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add the pancetta and cook, stirring frequently, until it begins to brown and render its fat, about 3 minutes. Add the onion and cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add 3 cloves of minced garlic (about 2 Tbsps.) and cook until fragrant, about 3 minutes.
Add the dried beans and water, cover tightly and bring to a simmer. When the water is simmering, stir and place in the oven. Bake for 1 hour before stirring in 1 teaspoon of salt. Cover again and return to the oven to cook, stirring occasionally, until the beans are tender, about 1 1/2 to 2 hours total.
Meanwhile, season the shrimp with the pimentón, ground cumin, the remaining 1 clove minced garlic and one-half teaspoons of salt. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, add 1 tablespoons olive oil and, when it is very hot, add the shrimp. Cook, stirring constantly, until the shrimp are bright red on the outside and firm, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat and reserve.
When the beans are tender, stir the shrimp and the chopped dandelion greens into the stew. Cook just long enough to wilt the greens, about 5 minutes. Season to taste, adding first salt and then the sherry vinegar, adding it about one-fourth teaspoons at a time. It will take only about 1 teaspoons total. The stew shouldn't taste noticeably sour, just more complex.

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Busters friend

Pleasure Island, 73

First about Buster: Buster moved onto whatever comes next on February 26, 2008. He was just shy of five years old. I miss him terribly. He came into our lives when he ran out in front of my car late one night as I was driving home. A just under 4 pound ball of kitten fluff, complete with an ostrich boa tail that stayed straight up as he assessed his new domain. He became a 19 pound longhaired beast who guarded our house (he followed any new guests or servicepeople the entire time they are on the property) & even killed copperheads (among other things with his hunting buddy, Fergus the short-tailed)! Friends never saw his formidible side as he smiled at them & uttered the most incongruent kitten-like mews as he threaded legs! He liked to ride in the car & came to the beach. There are Buster-approved recipes in my offerings - however, HE decided which he wanted to consider - Buster demonstrated he liked pumpkin anything - ALOT -LOL!!! Copperhead count 2006 - Buster 2 (10 inchers w/yellow tails) 2007 - Buster & Roxie 1 (a 24 incher!) Buster woken from beauty sleep - http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/62264/DSCN0335.JPG Big whiskers - http://www.recipezaar.com/members/home/62264/DSCN0333.JPG For those of you who gave kind condolences - thank you so very much. http://www.recipezaar.com/bb/viewtopic.zsp?t=250301 I love to cook & incorporate techniques from Southern/Mid Atlantic roots (grits, eastern NC BBQ shoulders, Brunswick stew, steamed crabs & shrimp & shellfish, hushpuppies, cornbread, greens, shad roe, scrapple) with Pacific Rim foods & techniques aquired while living in Pacific Northwest, fish & game recipes learned while living in Rocky Mountain region & foods/techniques learned travelling to the Big Island & up into BC & Alberta & into the Caribbean. The Middle Eastern/African likes I have are remnants of my parents who lived for many years in North Africa & Mediterranean before I was thought of. Makes for wide open cooking! Since moving back east we try to go annually in the deep winter to Montreal (Old Montreal auberges & La Reine) & Quebec City (Winter Carnival & Chateau Frontenac)- for unctuous foie gras & real cheeses, French & Canadian meals prepared & served exquisitely, fantastic music & wonderful people - with the cold helping burn off some of the calories! I love putting in our aluminum jonboat & heading across the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) to the barrier islands for foraging & exploring! Bodysurfing is a lifelong sport for me - one that a person's body never seems to forget how to do, once the knack is learned (thank goodness!) I especially miss cool summers & foggy/drizzly days & fall mushroom foraging/anytime of year hot springing in WA, OR, MT, ID, BC & Alberta.

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