{"id":11248,"date":"2023-04-03T11:41:09","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T11:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cerquetosrl.it\/?p=11248"},"modified":"2025-09-10T09:21:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:21:21","slug":"come-cuocere-i-legumi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cerquetosrl.it\/en\/come-cuocere-i-legumi\/","title":{"rendered":"How to cook legumes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dried legumes are truly essential foods because they keep for a long time, are rich in nutrients and are suitable for any season. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Among the most popular legumes are certainly beans, chickpeas and lentils.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

How to prepare legumes?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

First, soak.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Take our legumes, place them in a large bowl and cover them with plenty of cold water.<\/span><\/span> The soaking time is at least 12 hours, so we soak the legumes the night before to cook them the next day.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Then rinse the legumes well under running water and place them in a large pot and cover them again with fresh water (avoid cooking them using the soaking water).<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

Add salt to the cooking water only at the end, once the legumes are cooked. Add a pinch of baking soda, which aids cooking, and a bay leaf, which adds flavor and helps eliminate unpleasant odors.<\/span><\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n

We light the fire and let the legumes cook for a variable time depending on the legume you choose:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Purgatory beans, yellow, greenish, zolfini (60\/75 minutes \u2013 without soaking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Borlotti, cannellini, black, black-eyed, and red beans (50\/60 minutes \u2013 soak for 12 hours)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Lentils (25\/30 minutes \u2013 without soaking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Hulled lentils (15\/20 minutes \u2013 without soaking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chickpeas (60\/75 minutes \u2013 soaked for 12 hours in water + a spoonful of coarse salt\/bicarbonate of soda)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Black chickpeas (75\/90 minutes \u2013 soaked for 12 hours in water + a tablespoon of coarse salt\/bicarbonate of soda)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Cicerchia (75\/90 minutes \u2013 soaked for 24 hours in water + a spoonful of coarse salt\/bicarbonate of soda)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Split broad beans (40\/50 minutes \u2013 without soaking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Split peas (50\/60 minutes \u2013 without soaking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Farro del Pungolo \/ Pearled Farro (25\/30 minutes \u2013 without soaking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Millet (15\/20 minutes \u2013 without soaking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Pearl barley (20\/25 minutes \u2013 without soaking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Brigand's Soup \/ Maremma Soup \/ Cerqueto Soup (50\/60 minutes \u2013 without soaking)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Advice:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n
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    avoid hard water for cooking because it could make the legumes hard and difficult to cook;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n
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    do not add cold water during cooking (if necessary, add hot water);<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n
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    Check the legumes occasionally during cooking: if any foam rises to the surface of the water, simply take a slotted spoon and remove it immediately.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h2>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    I legumi secchi sono alimenti davvero indispensabili perch\u00e9 si conservano a lungo, sono ricchi di propriet\u00e0 nutritive e vanno bene per qualsiasi stagione. Tra i legumi pi\u00f9 amati ci sono sicuramente i fagioli, i ceci e le lenticchie. Come preparare i legumi? Per prima cosa l’ammollo. Prendiamo i nostri legumi, mettiamoli in una ciotola capiente […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_angie_page":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"default","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"page_builder":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[82],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ricette","post_format-post-format-image"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIl Cerqueto Srl - Come cuocere i legumi?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Il Cerqueto: Come cuocere i legumi?. 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