I celebrated a gift of a red-enamelled 5.2-liter Fontignac stew pot by
making a batch of my vegetarian chili.

Ingredients:

Half kg of barbunya (cranberry beans), a large onion, garlic, celery
stalks, 1 ea sweet green and red peppers, 3 chili peppers, parsley,
tomato paste, cumin seed, thyme, two bay leavs, 1 can tomatoes,
anchovy fillets, vinegar, Worcestershire, olive oil.

Method:

Parboil the beans but leave them in their liquor. Reserving the
parsley leaves, coarsely chop the other aromatics. Make a sofrito
using the oil, paste, anchovy, onion, celery, garlic, peppers. &
parsley stalks. Add the tomatoes, cumin, thyme, & bay and bring to a
boil. Add the drained beans & Worcestershire. Top up with boiling
water as needed. Simmer slowly an hour or so until the beans are
tender. Chop up the remaining parsley and fold in together with half a
wine glass of red vinegar.

Picture in alt.binaries.food.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranberry_bean
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Bob, who didn't know they were called that...
The joint that time is out of
www.kanyak.com

Opinicus wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> I celebrated a gift of a red-enamelled 5.2-liter Fontignac stew pot by
> making a batch of my vegetarian chili.
>
> Ingredients:
>
> Half kg of barbunya (cranberry beans), a large onion, garlic, celery
> stalks, 1 ea sweet green and red peppers, 3 chili peppers, parsley,
> tomato paste, cumin seed, thyme, two bay leavs, 1 can tomatoes,
> anchovy fillets, vinegar, Worcestershire, olive oil.
>
> Method:
>
> Parboil the beans but leave them in their liquor. Reserving the
> parsley leaves, coarsely chop the other aromatics. Make a sofrito
> using the oil, paste, anchovy, onion, celery, garlic, peppers. &
> parsley stalks. Add the tomatoes, cumin, thyme, & bay and bring to a
> boil. Add the drained beans & Worcestershire. Top up with boiling
> water as needed. Simmer slowly an hour or so until the beans are
> tender. Chop up the remaining parsley and fold in together with half a
> wine glass of red vinegar.
>
> Picture in alt.binaries.food.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranberry_bean

Sounds good overall. Takes longer than an hour I suspect, for the
beans to be really ready.

Carol

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On Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:59:27 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:

>Sounds good overall. Takes longer than an hour I suspect, for the
>beans to be really ready

The beans are (were) fresh not dried. We bought several kilos of them
at the end of last summer when the market was overrun with them and we
froze them in half-kilo batches. They freeze really well.

That being so, you have to be careful not to overcook them. An hour is
plenty.

--
Bob
The joint that time is out of
www.kanyak.com

Opinicus wrote in rec.food.cooking:

> On Sun, 07 Feb 2016 13:59:27 -0600, "cshenk" > wrote:
>
> > Sounds good overall. Takes longer than an hour I suspect, for the
> > beans to be really ready
>
> The beans are (were) fresh not dried. We bought several kilos of them
> at the end of last summer when the market was overrun with them and we
> froze them in half-kilo batches. They freeze really well.
>
> That being so, you have to be careful not to overcook them. An hour is
> plenty.

Ah ok, that makes sense then. I didnt see fresh listed and assumed
dried.



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