Runner beans need to be picked young as possible and frozen if necessary to use throughout the winter. They can be lightly steamed then tossed in garlic or lemon butter, added to a curry, made into chutney, cooked in a tomato, onion and garlic sauce with chunks of chorizo sausage and served hot or cold, made into wine, or dried and saved to start next year’s crop.
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