Christmas Lima Beans

The plant is still in full swing but we expect a very good yield from our one little plant.
Christmas lima beans. Christmas lima beans are larger than regular lima beans. The recipe starts by cooking the christmas lima beans the night before with some onion garlic bay leaf and thyme sprigs. Christmas lima bean soup grilled anchovies with christmas limas and warm christmas lima and shiitake salad from appaloosa bean christmas lima beans and quinoa with beets and avocado from culinate dandelion green and christmas lima bean tacos from los angeles times florida butter beans with caramelized onions and bacon from. Christmas lima beans are flat fava or lima sized beans with burgundy spots a potato texture and a chestnut taste.
As more pods have dried out the little handful or beans in the kitchen continues to grow. Some beans are cream colored with dark specks while others are reddish or a deep blue with beautiful white streaks. Remove bay leaf onion and thyme spring and discard. The next morning sauté carrots celery shallots and more garlic.
The bean which is often called the chestnut lima because of it similarity in taste to the nut is a large quarter sized white flat seed with maroon spots and swirls. Christmas lima bean pod drying out. These intricate burgundy designs remain on the bean once it is cooked. They are considered an heirloom variety and come in a variety of colors.
Rich flavor can be used as both a shell lima or dry bean. Christmas lima beans were first cultivated in the u s. Heavy yields bears even during extreme heat. Its beautiful quarter sized flat white seeds are colored by maroon spots and swirls.