White Beans with Roasted Tomatoes

Ingredients

• 1 pound dried cannellini beans
• 1 pound cherry tomatoes (preferably mixed colors)
• 2 pounds large tomatoes
• 1 ½ teaspoons salt (preferably sea salt)
• 1 pound cipolline or small boiling onions
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• ¼ cup fresh basil leaves
• + 2 more ingredients
• • ½ cup extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt (preferably sea salt)

Cover beans with cold water by 2 inches in a bowl and soak at room temperature at least 8 hours or quick-soak (see cooks' note, below). Drain well in a colander. Blanch onions in boiling salted water , 1 minute, then drain and peel. Cover beans with cold water by about 1 inch in a 5- to 6-quart p...

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