Eating dry french beans

savbo · « **on:** November 02, 2009, 08:04 »

Hi all

Have found related posts but not exactly what I was after so here goes... we've just taken an additional lot and it had plenty of dry French beans on it - have collected about a pint... that's way more than I'm going to resow so was wondering about cooking them as dry beans - any reasons why not (thinking about that red kidney bean thing) or tips on cooking time etc?

M

Swing Swang · « **Reply #1 on:** November 02, 2009, 08:32 »

Eat them - delicious.

At this time of year they probably shouldn't need much soaking, but you can soak them overnight to make sure.

Loads of options:

Boil for 20min and eat as a veg.
Add to stews.
Slow roast in a crock with chopped onion, tom paste, white wine, herbs, and an optional piece of cured bacon fat (or chourico, or pig's trotter, or a piece of bacon, or a piece of cured knuckle/hough (the best!)).
Mash cooked/boiled beans and recook with oil and epazote (a herb) to make mexican refried beans.
Sprout them and add to salads.
Keep them in a glass jar in the kitchen, they look so beautiful!

etc etc

Enjoy,

SS

Swing Swang · « **Reply #2 on:** November 02, 2009, 08:36 »

Subsitute with 'fresh' beans in any recipe which calls for lima beans, or with dry beans for anything that refers to borlotti beans.

SS

savbo · « **Reply #3 on:** November 02, 2009, 10:38 »

cheers peeps... will cook some on their own so I can taste what they're like...

quite a bit of produce left on our new plot by outgoing tenant - can't believe our luck, a nice plot and free veg!

M

susie · « **Reply #4 on:** November 02, 2009, 16:02 »

can you do the same with dry runner beans?

Swing Swang · « **Reply #5 on:** November 02, 2009, 17:38 »

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