Legume
Tongue of Fire
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Tongue of Fire is a striking cranberry-type bean—red-streaked pods and seeds—popular in gardens and specialty markets for beauty and classic creamy cranberry flavour. Seeds cook like borlotti. Shell fresh when possible; dry seeds for winter. Use in any borlotti recipe. Colourful pots fade to brownish cream when done.
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Preparations
Dry StewFresh ShellSoup
Traits
Borlotti-likeCranberry TypeCreamyGardenHandsomeRichStriking Mottling
History
Tongue of Fire spread through seed catalogues as an ornamental-edible cranberry bean.
Farmers markets featured Tongue of Fire for visual appeal and flavour.