Cranberry beans, also known as borlotti beans, are delicate and creamy in texture with a gorgeous red hue. With their signature nutty flavor, the borlotti bean is the perfect legume for soups for soups, cold bean salads and pasta dishes! Whether you’re cooking Italian, Portuguese or Greek cuisine, these tasty beans add a wonderful flavor and a boost of nutrition to any dish. Not only are they tasty, but they’re packed with nutrients! Cranberry beans are rich in fiber and iron. They’re also low in both fat and sodium and are cholesterol free. Use these beautiful heirloom beans in place of pinto beans for chili, baked beans, pasta fagioli and more! If you’re wondering how to cook cranberry beans, we’re here to help! Below we’ve included our cranberry beans recipe so you can make these tasty legumes right in your very own home. Fresh cranberry beans are shell beans, or shelling beans, which means you can eat them when they’re young, pods and all! We dry, shell and package our beans so that they can be enjoyed in everything from salads to soups. They take about an hour to cook on the stovetop, but you can shorten this cooking time with a pressure cooker. You can also soak 1 cup of beans overnight in 3 cups of water with a teaspoon of salt. To take it up a notch, add a bay leaf for some extra flavor! Once you’re ready to experiment with your cranberry beans, try this recipe for an Easy Cassoulet. This version of a French classic leaves out the time-consuming duck confit but still packs rich, hearty flavor thanks to its wealth of other ingredients! We love how the beans taste once they mingle with the flavors of thyme, bay leaf and tomatoes. Pasta e Fagioli is another great recipe to add to your list! This recipe can be found on our bags of Cranberry Beans and incorporates delicious ingredients like pancetta, minced garlic, macaroni noodles and parmesan cheese. Spices and herbs like fresh thyme, rosemary and bay leaf tie the flavors together and allow the cranberry beans to shine. Once you master the simple art of how to cook cranberry beans, you just might find yourself including this magical bean in recipes of all sorts. When you do, feel free to share your creations with us. We’d love to see what you create with one of our most beloved beans.

Ingredients

1 cup Cranberry Beans
4 cups Water
1 tsp Salt

Instructions

Stovetop

Rinse beans before cooking. Place 1 cup beans in a large pot with 4 cups water and 1 tsp salt. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer, cover and cook until tender, about 1–1½ hours; drain well.

Slow Cooker

Rinse beans before cooking. Place 1 cup beans, 4 cups water and 1 tsp salt into a slow cooker. Cover and cook on low for 4–6 hours or high for 2–3 hours; drain well.

Multi-Cooker

Rinse beans before cooking. Place 1 cup beans, 4 cups water and 1 tsp salt in the pot of a multi-cooker. Set the valve to sealing. On manual setting and high pressure, set for 30–35 minutes. Natural release the pressure for 20 minutes; drain well.