Cranberry beans with red okra, maitake, and rainbow chard
I saw these beautiful cranberry beans a.k.a borlotti beans at the farmer’s market in Vermont and was immediately attracted to their speckled fuchsia pods! Sadly, once cooked; the beans fade to beige. This is the time of the year when you’ll find fresh shelling beans at the farm stands.
A nice quicker cook than dried beans! I grabbed a few things that were in season and did a little improvisation in my kitchen. Although the cranberry beans lose their pink color, the chard in this recipe provides adds a lovely shade of pink to the broth, so its a win in my book!
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Fresh Cranberry beans with okra, maitake, and rainbow chard
Ingredients
- 1 cup cranberry beans
- 3 bay leaves
- 1 medium red onion, halved
- 6 thyme twigs
- 1 Quart water
- Salt to taste
- Extra virgin olive oil
- 1 small shallot, brunoise
- ½ bunch rainbow chard, rough chop, chard stem, small dice
- 1 cup cooked cranberry beans
- ½ cup bean broth
- 4-5 cherry tomatoes, halved
- ¼ okra, halved
- 1 ear corn
- ½ cup maitake mushrooms, torn
- ½ peach
- Calabrian chili flakes to taste
- Salt to taste
- Garnish
- Celery hearts or herbs of preference
- Celery hearts or herbs of preference
Instructions
- Open pods and place beans in a pot. Add thyme twigs, bay leaves, red onion, water, and salt to taste. Bring to a boil. Cook beans over low simmer until the beans are soft and creamy.
- Transfer to an ice bath, discard aromatics.
- Reserve beans and bean broth.
- In a medium pan, heat olive oil over medium flame. Add shallot, and chard stems. Cook, stirring frequently until softened and fragrant.
- Stir in cranberry beans, bean broth, chard leaves, tomatoes, okra, corn. Season with Calabrian chili flakes and salt to taste. Reduce flame to simmer, cook, stirring frequently until chard leaves have wilted and vegetables are tender.
- While the stew simmers, in a medium-sized pan, heat olive oil, add maitake mushrooms and sear until browned and crispy. Season with salt to taste.
- Add peach to the stew. Let cook for 2-4 minutes. Remove stew from heat.
- Plate your dish in a bowl of choice, top with crispy maitake mushrooms, celery hearts. Enjoy!
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