Ingredient: Flageolet beans
Category: Vegetables
Season: All
Flageolet bean is a Shell bean.
Cornucopia lists 37 varieties of shell beans.
The light green Flageolet bean is taken very seriously in France and soon the heirloom Chevrier will come under a controlled label reminiscent of the wine "Appellation d'Origine Controllée" called "Label Rouge".
A number of other beans are already produced under this label.
Flageolet bean varieties include:
One of the three main types of haricot bean, see also cannellini bean. The second type of haricot is the small round one of tinned baked bean fame.
A member of the same family, tiny green unripe flageolets have a wonderful flavour
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