High-quality beans, ideally navy beans, slow-simmered with molasses and bacon, are the foundation of this classic New England dish. Growing up outside of Boston it was a childhood favorite, and he never made it from scratch!
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There’s nothing more comforting than a warm bowl of this French country stew made from creamy white beans, succulent duck legs, and smokey sausage.
There’s nothing more satisfying than a warm bowl of hearty meat, creamy beans and hot chiles. This hearty, warming stew originated in the 1800s in northern Mexico before spreading into Texas and beyond. Originally, it was prepared with dried beef, suet, chili peppers, and salt, pounded together and dried into bricks for easy transport, and then cooked in a pot of boiling water.
For years, I thought that hummus wasn’t hummus without chickpeas, then I learned that in some parts of the middle east and north Africa, hummus is traditionally made with fava beans – an entirely different species of bean altogether. My eyes opened to the wider world of hummus, I began to experiment with our own local heirloom beans, and the results did not disappoint!