Legume
Cranberry Bean
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Cranberry beans are the English name for borlotti-type mottled beans—same cream-and-red seed beauty and rich, gravy-friendly interiors. New England and Italian-American kitchens use the name interchangeably with borlotti. Succotash-adjacent sides, soups, and baked bean experiments. Speckles fade when cooked—judge doneness by creaminess, not colour.
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History
US
Cranberry beans held regional importance in northeastern US gardens and markets.
Cranberry and borlotti names cross-labelled the same market class internationally.