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Mediterranean fixture

Simmered Bean Soup

Fixture C

Dried beans soaked and then simmered with aromatics until soft. Used here as a worked example of a record that carries a real, scoped safety caveat rather than a generic one.

Regional variants

Variants are held side by side. The record does not nominate one of them as the definitive version.

Brothy, whole bean
Mediterranean
Left loose, with the beans whole and the cooking liquid served as broth.
Partly crushed
North Africa
A portion of the beans is crushed against the side of the pot near the end, which thickens the liquid without any added starch. Recorded alongside the first variant rather than replacing it.

Ingredients

250 g Dried white or brown beansSoaked; see the soaking step and the safety caveats.
1.5 L WaterFor cooking; the soaking water is discarded.
1 medium, diced Onion
2 cloves, sliced Garlic
2 tbsp Olive oil
1 Bay leaf
to taste SaltAdded once the beans are already tender.

Yield: Four bowls.

Method

Cover the dried beans with cold water by several centimetres and soak for 8 to 12 hours.
Drain the beans and discard the soaking water. Rinse them once more.
Warm the olive oil in a heavy pot and cook the onion gently until soft and translucent, then add the garlic for another minute.
Add the drained beans, the bay leaf, and the fresh water. Bring to a full rolling boil and hold it there for at least 10 minutes before lowering the heat.
Simmer, partly covered, until the beans are completely tender all the way through, typically 60 to 90 minutes depending on how old the beans are.
If you are following the partly-crushed variant, press some of the beans against the side of the pot now and stir them back in.
Season with salt only at this point, remove the bay leaf, and rest the soup off the heat for a few minutes before serving.

Safety caveats

Some dried beans, kidney beans in particular, contain a toxin that is only destroyed by a vigorous boil; undercooking at low temperature can leave them more hazardous than raw. The rolling-boil step exists for that reason and should not be shortened.
Beans are done only when they are soft through the centre. Partly cooked beans are unpleasant and, for some varieties, unsafe.
This record has had no food-safety review. Treat it as an interface fixture, not as kitchen guidance, and check an authoritative food-safety source before cooking dried beans.

Safety review state: fixture-not-reviewed

Provenance, version and rights

Item ID: wr-fixture-simmered-bean-soup
Collection: world-recipes
Record class: fixture — not publication-ready
Region label basis: fixture-illustrative — a presentation facet, not an attribution claim
Sources: No sources recorded. No source. This text was written directly for this repository as fixture content. The safety caveats below are included to show that the field carries scoped, record-specific warnings; they are not offered as reviewed food-safety guidance.
Source state: none-fixture-authored
Reviewed: 2026-09-13
Record version: 1.0.0
Content licence: Original fixture text authored for this repository. (review state fixture-original-text)
Image rights: no-images-in-record — 0 image(s) in record
Translation: original language of this record

Change history

v1.0.0 2026-09-13
Record created as fixture content for the first Library framework build.
Supersedes: nothing — initial entry