Piquant Beans or Lentils

Ingredients

• i^ lb. haricot beans or lentils
• 3 oz. bacon
• I onion
• 2^ pints stock
• I tablespoonful flour
• Vinegar.
• Sugar and salt.
• Sugar and salt.

Method

1. 1

   Soak the lentils or haricots overnight, then put them on in cold water and boil for half an hour with a little carbonate of soda.

2. 2

   Drain off the water, rinsing with fresh hot water and then continue boiling in the stock with an onion till soft.

3. 3

   Cut the bacon into small dice and fry till the fat has nearly all run out, brown the flour in this and add to the lentils or beans, boiling a few minutes longer.

4. 4

   Flavour with sugar, salt and sufficient vinegar to give the dish a piquant taste.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from German cookery for the English kitchen (1906) by Ella Oswald, page 57. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Piquant Beans or Lentils.) For 6 Persons. Time of Preparation : 3 hours. i^ lb. haricot beans or lentils. 3 oz. bacon. I onion. 2^ pints stock. I tablespoonful flour. Vinegar. Sugar and salt.

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