White Kidney Beans (a la Maitre d' Hotel)

Ingredients

• a quarter of a pound of fresh butter
• a little parsley chopped very fine
• some pepper and salt
• some pepper and salt
• the juice of half a lemon

Method

1. 1

   Boil fresh or soaked white beans until tender.

2. 2

   In a stewpan, melt butter, add chopped parsley, pepper, and salt.

3. 3

   Add drained beans, move the pan without stirring, squeeze in lemon juice, and serve hot.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 2263. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

White Kidney Beans (a la Maitre d' Hotel. — White beans, when fresh, must be put into boiling water ; but if dry, they must be soaked for an hour in cold water before being boiled. Then boil them in cold water, and replenish with cold water also, which makes the rind or coat tender. "White beans must be well done before being dressed a la maitre d'hotel, which is done as follows : — Put in a stewpan a quarter of a pound of fresh butter, a little parsley chopped very fine, and some pepper and salt, over which lay the beans WHI ( 1114 ) WHI well drained. Keep moving the stewpan, ■without using a spoon, for fear of breaking the beans. Then squeeze in the juice of half a lemon

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