October - December 2024 COTM + COOKING FROM thread: NEW YORK TIMES COOKING (website & cookbooks)

Cheesy white bean tomato bake. I’d made this before and found it rather bland, but its simplicity made me give it another shot for a potluck I organized today.

It’s basic in the most basic of ways, despite doubling the tomato paste & garlic, and adding crushed rosemary & thyme to the olive oil, so next time I’d add a heat source beyond RPF — i.e. TJ’s HAWTTT Eye-talian snossidges, or 'nduja — really, any pork product to make it ever-so-slightly more interesting. Pancetta, bacon, sausage, hock… the possibilities are endless.

As it is written, it’s fast & easy & filling, but too bland for this household :woman_shrugging: :yawning_face:

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