This recipe was kindly given to me by a great ... bring 550ml/1 pint water to the boil and cook the flageolet beans for 10 minutes on a full boil until just tender. Lift the beans from the pan ...

Cover the pan with a lid and, when the leeks are nearly cooked (about 10 minutes), stir in the flageolet beans. Put the lid back on the pan and cook for another couple of minutes, giving the pan a ...

A little further north, they use flageolet beans ... and the process will take only a few hours. For this recipe, I suggest that the beans soak overnight and are cooked the next day with meat ...