White Beans with Red Wine

Name: White Beans with Red Wine (Haricots blancs au vin rouge)
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: For four people
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: a small bouquet garni; 3 shallots; 80 g (2¾ oz) butter; 200 ml (⅓ pint) red wine; 750 g (1 lb 10 oz) fresh white haricot beans (see note); 1 medium onion; 1 clove; ½ carrot; parsley; ½ clove of garlic; salt, freshly-ground pepper; salt, freshly-ground pepper

Haricots blancs au vin rouge

Preparation info

For
four
people

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr 30

Appears in

The Nouvelle Cuisine of Jean and Pierre Troisgros

By Jean Troisgros and Pierre Troisgros

Published 1978

About

Ingredients

750 g (1 lb 10 oz) fresh white haricot beans (see note)
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Europe
France
Side dish
Mediterranean
Vegetarian
Gluten-free

Method

Shell the beans at the last minute. Plunge them into a large saucepan of boiling water, salted with 7g (¼oz) salt per litre (1¾ pints) water, and skim. Add the onion stuck with a clove, the carrot and the bouquet garni and cook for 30 minutes.
Chop the shallots and soften them in a casserole with 40 g (1½ oz) butter, add the red wine and let it evaporate comple