Boiled Haricot Beans

Ingredients

• one pint of dried Haricot beans
• four hard boiled eggs
• yolk of one raw egg
• one tablespoonful of chopped parsley
• two ounces of flour
• two ounces of butter
• one-half pint of milk
• one heaped teaspoonful of salt

Method

1. 1

   Soak the beans overnight.

2. 2

   Drain and boil in cold water with salt for two hours, adding cold water as needed.

3. 3

   Five minutes before serving, melt butter, stir in flour, add milk gradually, and cook until boiling.

4. 4

   Drain beans, pour sauce over them, and garnish with halved hard-boiled eggs and parsley.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The art of cooking (1880) by Matilda Lees Dods, page 47. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Haricot Beans. — Prepare: one pint of dried Haricot beans, four hard boiled eggs, yolk of one raw egg, one tablespoonful of chopped parsley, two ounces of flour, two ounces of butter, one-half pint of milk, one heaped teaspoonful of salt

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