Beans fried with onions england, 1378
4 servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | each | Onion, chopped |
| 1 | clove | Garlic; finely chopped |
| 4 | tablespoons | Oil |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Ginger |
| ½ | teaspoon | Cinnamon |
| ¼ | teaspoon | Nutmeg |
| 1 | cup | Kidney beans; cooked |
Directions
"Fry the onions in the oil with the garlic, spices, and seasonings.
Stir in the cooked beans and mix thoroughly. Reheat and serve." From _The Forme of Cury_ (1378): "Beans fried: "Take beans and seethe them almost till they burst, take and wring out the water clean, do thereto onions sodden and minced and garlick therewith fry them in oil or in grease and do thereto powder douce and serve it forth." _Seven Centuries of English Cooking_ Compiled and updated by Maxime de la Falaise Grove Press, London, 1992 Typos by Jeff Pruett.
Submitted By JEFF PRUETT On 04-24-95