Flageolet beans ~Phaseolus vulgaris~ in a French street market

Flageolet beans ~Phaseolus vulgaris~ in a French street market in Troyes. A high quality bean originating in France.

Flageolet beans, sometimes known as the "caviar of beans", range in colour from a creamy white to a pale green. Eaten as an accompanying vegetable with fish or meat they are also the basis for many French tradition country dishes, like Cassoulet . They retain chlorophyll much longer than other beans and the flesh remains pale green after cooking.