✦ Creamy nutty flavour
✦ Plant protein and fibre
✦ Folate and manganese
✦ Absorbs stock flavours well
Borlotti beans are a speckled cranberry-coloured Italian bean with a creamy, nutty flavour and starchy texture. Dried, they provide concentrated plant protein, fibre, folate, manganese, and iron. Their colour fades to a mottled pink-beige on cooking and they absorb the flavours of stocks and aromatics particularly well.
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Preparation note
Soak overnight and simmer 60-90 minutes until creamy; use in pasta e fagioli, ribollita, or minestrone. Fresh borlotti in the pod are available in late summer — these cook in just 20-25 minutes.
Sources:
CoFID 2021
Where Borlotti Beans Stands Out
Macronutrients per 100g
351
kJ
Energy
21.0
g
Protein
Vitamins & Minerals
| Nutrient | Per 100g | % Daily Value* | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glutamic acid | 3.78 g | — | |
| Aspartic acid | 2.31 g | — | |
| Leucine | 1.69 g | — | |
| Arginine | 1.58 g | — | |
| Lysine | 1.53 g | — | |
| Valine | 1.18 g | — | |
| Phenylalanine | 1.09 g | — | |
| Serine | 0.945 g | — | |
| Proline | 0.945 g | — | |
| Isoleucine | 0.945 g | — | |
| Alanine | 0.882 g | — | |
| Threonine | 0.819 g | — | |
| Tyrosine | 0.735 g | — | |
| Glycine | 0.735 g | — | |
| Histidine | 0.546 g | — | |
| Methionine | 0.336 g | — | |
| Cysteine | 0.315 g | — | |
| Tryptophan | 0.273 g | — |
* % Daily Value based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs). — indicates no EU NRV established.
Primary data source for this entry:
McCance & Widdowson's Composition of Foods Integrated Dataset (CoFID 2021), Public Health England. Source record tag: CoFID 2021.
All values are per 100g fresh weight unless stated.
% Daily Values based on EU Nutrient Reference Values (NRVs) per Regulation (EU) No 1169/2011.
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