Cooking Podded Beans

For example, broad beans, haricots verts, runner beans and yellow wax beans.

Steam briefly or plunge into well-salted, rapidly boiling water until just al dente. The larger the bean, the longer they will take to cook. Small yellow wax beans will take about 4-6 minutes, whereas large broad beans may take up to quarter of an hour. Drain, and then toss in butter.