4 cooked nero Recipes

dried white beans such as cannellini , great northern, or navy (about 1 1/4 cups), picked over and rinsed, sliced pancetta, chopped, onion, chopped, garlic cloves, finely chopped, extra-virgin olive oil, whole tomatoes in juice, drained , reserving juice, and chopped, low-sodium chicken broth (28 fl oz), water, parmigiano-reggiano rind (roughly 3 by 2 by 1/2 inch), salt, black pepper, bottled peeled cooked whole chestnuts (8 oz), halved, cavolo nero or regular green kale, stems and center ribs discarded and leaves torn into bite-size pieces, chopped fresh thyme, grated parmigiano-reggiano, garnish: parmigiano-reggiano shavings ; extra-virgin olive oil for drizzling; black pepper; fresh thyme sprigs; whole chestnuts

cavolo nero or 4 bunches tuscan kale, stemmed and cleaned, olive oil, white onion , thinly sliced lengthwise, rosemary, dried arbol chile (this is a red chile, use cayenne pepper if you can tsp find the chile), garlic cloves, thinly sliced, salt, divided , more as needed, chicken broth (optional) or 2 tbsp water (optional)

kale , preferably cavolo nero, stemmed, washed thoroughly and cut in slivers, cabbage , preferably savoy , quartered, cored and cut in slivers, extra virgin olive oil, onion, finely chopped, garlic cloves, minced, leaves fresh sage, chopped, fresh thyme leave, salt , preferably kosher , to taste, fresh ground pepper , to taste, eggs, rice, cooked (preferably a short grain rice like arborio, or brown rice), gruyere cheese, grated (3/4 cup, tightly packed, can substitute swiss to save $$), breadcrumbs