Rancho Gordo Christmas Lima Beans

If you're only experience with lima beans were the starchy flavorless ones of 1980s frozen succotash misery like mine, then prepare to be blown away! Rancho Gordo's Christmas Limas are nothing like that: a nutty flavored bean with a chestnut-like texture. Also known in Italy as Fagioli del Papa, the Pope's beans, these are wonderful on their own, or sautéed with a bunch of dried porcini or black trumpet mushrooms from our friends at Wine Forest.