Legume
Flageolet
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Flageolet beans are small, thin-skinned, pale mint-green French beans celebrated with lamb and as a refined side—creamy yet intact when cooked carefully. Fresh flageolets are seasonal jewels; dry are pantry specialty. Simmer gently; serve with roast lamb or in vinaigrette. Avoid aggressive boils that split skins. The reference elegant French bean.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Gentle CookLamb SideVinaigrette
Traits
CreamyDelicateElegantFrench PremiumHerbal FriendPale GreenThin Skin
History
FR
Flageolets became a prized Paris-market and provincial French bean.
FR
Canned flageolets extended French bean luxury year-round.
Global fine dining treated flageolets as the premium small white-green bean.