Ingredients
The following ingredients have 6 Servings
- 2 cups dry butterbeans (baby lima beans)
- water for soaking
- 2 or 3 sprigs parsley
- 5 to 6 cloves garlic (smashed)
- 2 tablespoons kosher salt
- 8 cups fresh water
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 cloves garlic (finely chopped)
- 1 large (or 2 small yellow onion, finely chopped)
- 2 teaspoons whole fennel seeds
- 1 spicy Italian chicken sausage (approx 1/3 pound, removed from casing and crumbled)
- 5 to 6 carrots (cut into rounds)
- 4.5 to 5 cups of soaked butterbeans (yield from the 2 cups dry above)
- 3 cups bean liquid
- 2 cups water
- 2 tablespoons flat leaf parsley (finely chopped)
- 1 tablespoon fresh marjoram (finely chopped)
- 2 to 3 inch parmesan rind
- 1/8 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
