Sabarot Green Flageolet Beans

Name: Sabarot Green Flageolet Beans
Brand: The French Farm
SKU: MSSABARGFB
Price: 10.36 USD
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Green flageolet beans—also known as flageolets verts or green kidney beans—are native to central France and Brittany. They’re steeped in French tradition and can be traced back to Gabriel Chevrier, a farmer outside Paris who accidentally grew the varietal that would become prized among French chefs. Flageolets are harvested before they’re mature, which means they retain a light, cheerful chartreuse color and a delicate, slightly grassy flavor. When cooked, flageolets hold their shape, remaining creamy and toothsome but not falling apart, which makes them an ideal pick for classic French dishes like cassoulet, a slow-cooked casserole.

Ingredients

Ingredients: Green Flageolet Beans
Allergens: May contain traces of gluten.
Specifications

Net Weight: 17.6 ounces (500 grams)
Place of Origin: France
How to use

Fear of frost is responsible for this classic French bean.

In the mid-19th century, when the French were perfecting strains of dwarf beans from England, a farmer outside Paris named Gabriel Chevrier was worried about frost. He was growing white dwarf beans, and the chilly spring and autumn of 1872 almost certainly promised a cold snap and early frost that year. So, he pulled his bean plants out of the ground early, hoping they’d continue to mature as they dried in the barn. Imagine his surprise as he shelled his first beans a few weeks later and found pearly green beans instead of white. He liked their delicate taste enough to repeat his method the following year and the next, refining his growing technique over six years. The smooth, light beans were an instant hit with French chefs, and in 1878, the National Horticultural Society of France allowed Chevrier to name his beans.

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HOW TO USE

Use this beans in classic French dishes, like cassoulet, or in any recipe calling for white beans, cannellini beans or navy beans, like White Beans with Sage, Garlic and Fennel. Flageolets also pair beautifully with lamb.

Sabarot has been supplying fine French grains, pulses, mushrooms, seeds and more since 1819. With 200 years of experience, today, the seventh generation of the Sabarot family combines cutting-edge technology with traditional agricultural techniques to source and certify protected French products.

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