Purple Bean
Serve cooked purple beans cold as a part of a salad, steam or boil them until just cooked. Underneath the purple shell is the same crisp translucent green flesh and pale lime green peas.
Purple beans have a flavor that matches that of a French green bean with grassy notes and a sweet finish. Once cooked, the violet hues fade to green, leaving the purple bean to appear as common as a green bean.
