"Beans in the style of Rome." Beans cooked, cooled and served dressed with oil and lemon and anchovy fillets.
"Beans in the style of Tuscany." Beans stewed until tender and then dressed with olive oil, salt and pepper.
A well-known Tuscan dish eaten in winter of cannellini beans stewed with sage and tomatoes, with garlic and black olives, served as a vegetable with spiced sausages.
Beans with tuna. A salad from Tuscany of white haricot beans (US: navy beans) mixed with pieces of tuna meat and dressed with olive oil and lemon juice.
"White Spanish beans." Butter beans. Lima Beans.
Borlotti bean (US: cranberry bean).
Cannellini beans. "Little rods". Small white haricot beans (US: navy beans). Creamy white, slim, elongated kidney-shaped beans. They are excellent in salads, especially with red onions, tuna, lemon and parsley or with blanched green beans, or with tomatoes and olives. They are also good in soups and stews.
