Haricot Beans

Ingredients

• all night
• two or three hours
• a piece of butter
• pepper and salt
• a squeeze of lemon juice

Method

1. 1

   Soak beans in cold water overnight.

2. 2

   Put in a saucepan with cold water (without salt), bring to a gentle boil, and cook slowly with the lid on until tender but not broken (2-3 hours).

3. 3

   Strain, add chopped parsley, butter, and season.

4. 4

   Serve hot with lemon juice if desired.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Home cookery (1898) by North Midland School of Cookery, page 41. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Haricot Beans. Soak the beans in cold water all night. Put them into a saucepan of cold water (without salt), bring to the boil gently, and cook slowly, with the lid on, till tender but not broken, about two or three hours. Strain, add a little chopped parsley, a piece of butter, and pepper and salt. Shake them gently and serve hot, with a squeeze of lemon juice

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