Type | Origin | Era | Look |
---|---|---|---|
Big borlotto or Tongue of fire | Southeast of France, Italy | July-September | prominent grain, medium white |
Cannellini | Italy | July August | medium grain, white, quite hard |
white coco | South-East of France | July-September | prominent grain, medium white, round |
Coco de Paimpol AOC | Paimpol and its region, Trégor | August-mid-November | long pod, yellowish mottled with purple, large seeds |
Cornille bean or cowpea | United States, Peru, Türkiye, Madagascar | July August | white speck with a black eye |
Flageolet or goatherd | Brétigny, Arpajon and its region, Brittany, Northern France | August September | medium kidney-shaped grain, always green when dry |
Improved flambo or borlotto | Southeast of France, Italy | July-September | prominent grain, very lively vinous color, going up |
Spanish bean | Europe, South and North America | August September | grain white speckled with red or red speckled with black |
Lima Bean or Cape Bean or Cape Pea | Madagascar, South America, Africa | February-July | coarse white grain, flattened |
mung bean | Far East, West Indies | all year | small olive green bean, spotted with brown zet of yellow (the sprouts are often mistakenly called "bean sprouts") |
Red bean | South and North America, China | August September | medium grain to thick skin, dark wine red |
Borlotti bean or pink coconut | Italy, France | July August | medium brown grain, mottled with red-brown, mild flavor |
North Ingot (Red Label, PGI) | Lys Valley | July August | large white grain with thin skin (to be used without prior soaking) |
Long-podd Michelet | South of France | August-October | prominent grain, white veined, medium size |
Vendée mogette or Vendée coconut and ingot | bocage vendeen | July August | white grain, rectangular, very soft, with very shiny thin skin |
Pea beans | United States, Canada (Ontario) | August September | very small white coco |
Pinto bean or pink bean | United States, Canada, South Africa | August-October | medium grain, pink mottled with red |
Rooster kidney | France, South America, United States, Africa | August September | large, kidney-shaped grain, dark red |
Soissons | region of Soissons, Aisne | August September | large prominent mealy bean, ivory white |
Tarbes (Red Label, PGI) | Hautes-Pyrénées | September October | large white with thin skin, fleshy, tender, for cassoulet and garbure |
See the following shelled beans:
Ingot bean
Coco de Paimpol
Rooster kidney
Tarbais bean
Mogette
Red bean
Ingot bean
Rice bean
Spanish bean
Lima bean
Red bean
Pinto bean
Bean urd
Pink bean of Eyragues
Butterfly bean
Tepary bean
Yin Yang Beans.
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