White Bean and Salami Toasts Recipe (5 Minutes)

Name: The 5-Minute Dinner I Make Again and Again
Prep time: 2 min
Cook time: 3 min
Total time: 5 min
Ingredients: 4 salami slices; 2 cloves garlic; 2 slices sourdough or 1 long piece of baguette cut in half lengthwise; 2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil; 1 1/2 cups (255g) drained cooked or canned white beans, such as cannellini; Freshly ground black pepper; Dried oregano; 3 tablespoons grated or shredded Parmesan, plus more to garnish

Beans on toast is one of those magical foods that, once assembled, is far more than the sum of its parts. If you’ve never had it, the combination of these two extremely common (and not super exciting) beige-brown ingredients might sound, well, pretty boring.

And yet, the combination works so well that it has become a staple in a variety of countries: in England you’ll find a version made of baked beans with sugar and tomato; in Italy you might see white beans flavored with garlic and Parmesan (plus high-quality olive oil, of course).

This version is inspired by the Italian approach, and I’ve added salami (a staple we keep tucked in the back of the fridge) and a good amount of dried oregano. It’s the kind of dish that you might make in a pinch, just because all the ingredients are so easy to keep around, but once you taste it, you’ll make it again and again.

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White Bean and Salami Toasts Recipe

Prep Time 2 mins

Cook Time 3 mins

Total Time 5 mins

Serving 1 to 2 servings

Yield 2 toasts

Excerpted with permission from Snacking Dinners by Georgia Freedman, published by ‎Hardie Grant Publishing, April 2025.

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4 salami slices
2 cloves garlic
2 slices sourdough or 1 long piece of baguette cut in half lengthwise
2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 cups (255g) drained cooked or canned white beans, such as cannellini
Freshly ground black pepper
Dried oregano
3 tablespoons grated or shredded Parmesan, plus more to garnish

Prepare the components:

Finely chop the salami slices and mince the garlic. Toast the bread.

Heat the oil in a small nonstick pan over medium-high heat, then add the salami, garlic, and beans. Season everything with a few grinds of pepper (a bit more than you would normally think necessary) and a few generous shakes of oregano.

Cook the mixture, stirring, until everything is heated through, about 3 minutes.
Make the toast:

Turn off the heat and stir in the Parmesan, then pile everything on top of the toasted bread and finish it with more Parmesan.

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
484	Calories
15g	Fat
66g	Carbs
22g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 1 to 2
Amount per serving
Calories	484
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 15g	19%
Saturated Fat 5g	23%
Cholesterol 26mg	9%
Sodium 1260mg	55%
Total Carbohydrate 66g	24%
Dietary Fiber 6g	23%
Total Sugars 5g
Protein 22g
Vitamin C 1mg	5%
Calcium 224mg	17%
Iron 7mg	37%
Potassium 566mg	12%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate. In cases where multiple ingredient alternatives are given, the first listed is calculated for nutrition. Garnishes and optional ingredients are not included.