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Paste
Cannellini bean paste is cooked white beans pureed smooth with olive oil, garlic, or stock—an Italian-style spread and sauce base milder than chickpea hummus. Texture should be silky; pass through a sieve if skins remain. Spread on crostini, thin into soup, or use as a bed for grilled fish and greens. Season with salt, lemon, rosemary, or chilli. Refrigerate and use within a few days, or freeze in portions.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.83 g
- Saturated Fat 0.2 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.2 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.28 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 9.94 mg
- Salt 0.02 g
- Total Carbohydrate 20.3 g
- Dietary Fibre 6.24 g
- Total Sugars 1.97 g
- Complex / starch 12.6 g
- Protein 8.62 g
- Water 63.2 g
- Energy 125 kcal
- Water 63.2 g
- Carbohydrates 20.3 g
- Protein 8.62 g
- Fat 0.83 g
- Saturated Fat 0.2 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.2 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.28 g
- Omega-3 0.03 g
- Vitamins 134 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.23 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.09 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 1.35 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.45 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.18 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 4.4 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 104 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.42 mg
- Vitamin K 6.7 µg
- Minerals 327 mg
- Major Minerals 326 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.02 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.23 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.09 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 1.35 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.45 · vitamin-b6: 0.18 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 4.4 · vitamin-b9-folate: 103.5 · vitamin-e: 0.42 · vitamin-k: 6.7 ·
Minerals
Paste of Cannellini Bean: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.
History
Tuscan and central Italian cookery mashed white beans into contorni and crostini toppings.
Restaurant vegetable cookery used cannellini purees as elegant sauce alternatives to cream.