I had a cannelini bean itch that needed scratching.
No cooking involved in this one, and it's not quite as seminal as the cous-cous (see below) but if you want a sharp and sweet, creamy and crisp bean salad, you could do far worse.
Cut a red onion in half then slice it wafer thin. Crush a clove or two of garlic and cover them both with a fruity olive oil. Rinse a tin of cannelini beans (or soak your dry ones for a month, cook them for a fortnight then leave them to cool). Open a tin of tuna (or catch your own, chop it up, fillet it, cook it and leave it to cool) and flake it on to the beans. Mix in the onions/garlic/oil, add a diced tomato, the juice of half a lime and a decent glurg of balsamic vinegar, maybe a bit more olive oil. Salt and pepper.
Finally, and most importantly, roughly chop a decent handful of fresh coriander and a slightly smaller one of parsley, and toss that in. I think that's pretty much it.
