How to cook Gigandes?

Soak the beans overnight, the longer, the better. Preheat oven to 350 Fahrenheit. Drain and rinse the beans and boil in water for about 40 minutes to an hour, until they are soft but not mushy. Make sure you boil them enough; otherwise the beans will be too hard to eat even after baking. In the meantime prepare the sauce. Sauté the onion in a bit of olive on low heat until soft and add the garlic cloves whole. If you want a stronger garlic flavor you can mince the garlic. Add the tomato, the tomato paste, parsley, salt, and pepper to taste and about ¼ cup olive oil. Let it simmer until sauce thickens, about 10 minutes. Once the beans have boiled, drain them and put them back into the pot, add the sauce and mix gently. Pour the mixture into a pan and spread evenly and then pour about another ¼ cup olive oil over the beans and bake for about 50 minutes until beans are tender. Accompany with feta cheese and bread.

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