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A small variety of common bean, creamy white coco - or cocobel - beans hold their shape when cooked and have a delicate texture and nutty flavour. You won't find better than these white beans grown by Jérémy and Jonathan Desforges at the Ferme des 3 Rois in the Beauce region of central France. Or try all four varieties of our new organic beans from France and save over 20%! Growing any beans other than fava is very difficult to do in the UK. Over the years we've worked with small growers to offer occasional small quantities of different Phaseolus bean varieties. But they sell out immediately and we've left many bean lovers disappointed. We're excited to now be working with the Desforges brothers to bring some of their superb organic beans across the Channel, less of a journey than some of our Scottish organic fava have to travel! The Ferme des 3 Rois was converted by Jérémy and Jonathan to organic production and diverse cropping in 2020. |
White coco beans are a variety of Phaseolus vulgaris - known as haricot or common bean - said to have been introduced to Brittany from Argentina. They've become popular in France as an especially tender dry storing bean.
Soak the beans for 6 hours. Cover with water or stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 30 to 40 minutes until the beans are soft. Add more water if needed.
Cooking times for dried pulses will be longer at higher altitudes and when cooking with hard water or older pulses. Cooked pulses can be used immediately or frozen for later use.
Read our Pulses 101, part 2: Cooking basics - water & heat blog post for more about cooking dried pulses.
White Coco Beans
No Allergens
| Typical values |
Per 100g |
| Energy | 1,172kJ (280kcal) |
| Fat | 1.8g |
| of which saturates | 0.2g |
| Carbohydrate | 44g |
| of which sugars | 1.9g |
| Fibre | 17g |
| Protein | 19g |
| Salt | 0.05g |
A variety of Phaseolus vulgaris bean.
Grown in France.
Suitable for vegans and vegetarians.
Collections: All Pulses, Grains, Seeds, Flakes, Flour & More from Hodmedod & our Guest Producters , Dried Beans, Split & Whole , Hodmedod's Pulses, Grains, Seeds, Flakes, Flour, Ferment & more , Organic , POS Beans , Pulses, Grains & Seeds , Pulses: Beans, Peas & Lentils , Rare Beans
Category: French , Organic , Phaseolus Beans , Rare Beans
Type: Beans
I got the whole suite of beans a few months ago and so far these have been my favourite. Lovely and creamy. And rather cute to boot!
The beans are too old .I boiled them for 8 hours, but they are still tough.
Thank you for your feedback. We're very sorry the beans didn't cook well for you and we will arrange a refund or replacement. We test cook all our pulses and have found these very tender since their arrival from the farm in the early summer. We will try them again to make sure this issue hasn't affected more.
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I just LOVE the fermented fava bean paste.
also so walnutty and creamy! Really great to find British nuts and felt lucky I got some! A seasonal treat!
Slightly smaller than supermarket chickpeas. I've made two lots of the best hummus ever. Just upset I've got to wait until next year's harvest to get more. I hope they plant more this year.
This has become my go-to winter lunch. Soak for a few hours, slow cook a simple sofrito then chuck in the beans/grains and their soaking broth & season. Cook slowly, maybe with some potatoes, and hey presto! Hot lunch for a week, especially good with some spicy kimchi added. Keeps me warm for pennies.
I am not going to write more than just record that — they are utterly delicious — and have become a much welcomed, convenient and enjoyed addition to our diet.
Very disappointed that they are currently out of stock. We eagerly await their return!!!