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White bean velouté with salsa verde and candied pancetta

Australian Gourmet Traveller recipe for white bean velouté with salsa verde and candied pancetta by Comme Kitchen restaurant in Melbourne.

  • 20 mins preparation
  • 1 hr 25 mins cooking
  • Serves 4
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White bean velouté with salsa verde and candied pancetta
"Comme Kitchen's white bean velouté is sensational. Would you obtain the recipe?"
Jenny Diggens, Camberwell, Vic
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Ingredients

  • 100 gm unsalted butter, coarsely chopped
  • 2 leeks, white part only, finely chopped
  • 1 celery stalk, finely chopped
  • 4 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 4 thyme sprigs
  • 1 fresh bay leaf
  • 2.2 litres chicken stock
  • 110 gm dried cannellini beans, soaked overnight in cold water, drained
  • 200 ml thickened cream
  • 120 gm round mild pancetta, thinly sliced (about 8 slices)
  • For dusting: pure icing sugar
Salsa verde
  • 1 cup (loosely packed) flat-leaf parsley
  • ½ cup (loosely packed) mint
  • ¼ cup (loosely packed) basil
  • 3 anchovy fillets, coarsely chopped
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 1 tbsp small capers in salt, rinsed
  • 1 tbsp Dijon mustard
  • 175 ml extra-virgin olive oil

Method

Main
  • 1
    Melt butter in a large saucepan over low heat, add vegetables, garlic, thyme and bay leaf and stir occasionally until tender (7-10 minutes). Add stock and beans, bring to a gentle simmer and cook until beans are very soft (1-1¼ hours). Discard herbs, process mixture in a blender until smooth, pass through a fine sieve, stir through cream, season to taste and keep warm.
  • 2
    Meanwhile, preheat oven to 160C. Place pancetta on a baking-paper-lined oven tray, sift icing sugar over in a thin, even layer, top with baking paper and weight with another oven tray. Bake until crisp (10-12 minutes), set aside.
  • 3
    Meanwhile, for salsa verde, process herbs, anchovies, garlic, capers and mustard in a food processor until finely chopped. With motor running, add oil in a continuous stream until emulsified and set aside. Makes 270ml.
  • 4
    To serve, divide white bean velouté between bowls, drizzle with salsa verde and crumble over candied pancetta.
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