This is the first year we are offering this heirloom Italian Borlotti bean. Seeds were hand harvested last fall here on our farm. Every year we grow several types of heirloom beans, the Borlotti is definately one of our families favorite dry bean.
In Italy, cranberry beans are called Borlotti. Also called shell beans or shellouts, these beautiful beans have large, knobby beige pods splotched with red. The beans inside are cream-colored with red streaks and have a delicious nutlike flavor. Cranberry beans must be shelled before cooking. They're available fresh in the summer and dried throughout the year.
The classic bean variety for pasta e fagioli is the Borlotti bean is brightly marbled in white and pink or even deep red hues.
When cooked, its flavor is unlike that of any other bean, subtly recalling that of chestnuts. Beans have a nutty flavor and creamy texture.
When very fresh, the pods are firm and brilliantly colored, but even if they are wilted and discolored, the beans inside are likely to be perfectly sound. They can be frozen with great success and are better than the dried kind.
Offer is for 20 Seed.
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