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Dried Sliced Beans

4 servings

Ingredients

• Sliced beans (as needed)
• Water (a little)
• Butter (a little)
• Salt (a little)
• Flour (a little)
• Potatoes (a little)
• Parsley (a little)

Instructions

1. Soak these beans in soft water until they swell, then put them on the stove in the same water.
2. After ½ hour, drain the water and add fresh boiling water along with butter and salt.
3. Once the beans are tender, thicken with a roux, add boiled potatoes, and toss with chopped parsley.
4. Allow about 2 hours of cooking time.

Modernized from a treasured 19th-century German cookbook.