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Seasonal recipes: 5 for cranberry beans
These pretty beans have a nutty flavor that you'll love in a variety of dishes.
Tue, Aug 16 2011 at 3:45 PM
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Cranberry beans

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Cranberry beans, also known as borlotti beans, are popular in Italian and Mediterranean dishes. They’re in season right now, and there are so many ways to add these fresh, seasonal, nutritional beans into your diet. Here are a few:
 
  1. Cranberry Bean Hummus – Cranberry beans and zucchini are the basis for this out-of-the-ordinary hummus that works as a dip for pita chips and veggies or as a sandwich spread.
  2. Fresh Cranberry Bean and Tomato Soup – Pair these seasonal beans with late summer’s fresh, ripe tomatoes and this is a great soup for when there happens to be just a hint of chill in the air when the seasons start to change.
  3. Cranberry Bean Gratin – This is an Alice Walters recipe – simple and satisfying. Tomatoes, carrots, celery, and onion join fresh cranberry beans in this hearty side dish.
  4. Baked Cranberry Beans with Parmesan – This alternative to traditional baked beans calls for dried beans, but fresh could easily be substituted. Think about this dish for an end-of-summer BBQ.
  5. Cranberry Bean and Toasted Black Quinoa Salad – Again, a recipe that calls for dried cranberry beans, but fresh can be substituted. This is a nutritional powerhouse of a salad with beans, grains, herbs and a little feta cheese.
 
What is your favorite way to prepare cranberry beans?

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anonymous
mrsmerc Jul 03 2012 at 8:14 PM

Borlotti beans are also known as cranberry beans or French horticultural beans

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greenfingersmum Aug 20 2011 at 9:23 AM

Love the ideas - I have lots of runner beans this year, but am determined to grow many others next year.
http://greenfingersmum.blogspot.com

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anonymous
Enter your name Aug 19 2011 at 8:37 PM

Why on earth can't these beans be borlotti beans? What is it with Americans that they have to dumb down things?

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anonymous
Darlean Aug 11 2012 at 12:20 PM
Americans aren't dumbing things down and re-naming the bean, borlotti is a type of cranberry bean. Cranberry beans originated in Colombia as the cargamanto bean. Borlotti beans, also known as Roman beans or romano beans (not to be confused with Italian flat beans, a green bean also called "romano bean"), are a variety of cranberry bean bred in Italy to have a thicker skin. Another new cranberry bean variety, 'Crimson', is light tan and speckled maroon, and is also resistant to viruses and has
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a high yield. Everyone is more familiar with the bean "variety type" grown in their region... which is why someone would "simply" state.... cranberry bean.
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