{"id":40,"date":"2013-11-17T02:30:51","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T02:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/?p=40"},"modified":"2013-11-17T02:30:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T02:30:51","slug":"christmas-lima-bean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/40\/christmas-lima-bean\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Lima Bean"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Christmas<\/a>Christmas Limas are an intriguing variation on the traditional Lima. In Italy, you’ll find them as “Fagioli del Papa”, or “Pope’s beans”. Also known stateside as “Chestnut Lima”. <\/span><\/p>\n

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A true lima bean, originally from Peru (hence Lima), this gorgeous bean has all the “meat” of limas but with a chestnut flavor. They’re big and bold and can stand up to a chile sauce or curry or simply be enjoyed with a drizzle of olive oil and a few grates of dry goat cheese. One of my most successful inventions was cooked Christmas Limas in a gorgonzola sauce. I still swoon a little when I think about this dish! <\/span><\/p>\n

If you grew up thinking you hated limas, you owe it to yourself to give this one a try.<\/span><\/p>\n

Suggestions: Side dish, curry, mixed with wild mushrooms, soup ingredient.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is one of those beans that would be great with tons of garlic and saut\u00e9ed wild mushrooms!<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Christmas Limas are an intriguing variation on the traditional Lima. In Italy, you’ll find them as “Fagioli del Papa”, or “Pope’s beans”. Also known stateside as “Chestnut Lima”. A true lima bean, originally from Peru (hence Lima), this gorgeous bean … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3,2,4],"tags":[7,19,10,6],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dry_beans","category-food_items","category-food_beverage_tobacco","category-fruits_vegetables","tag-bean","tag-christmas-lima","tag-dried","tag-rancho-gordo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42,"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions\/42"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodnav.net\/ranchogordo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}