Fèves au lard

Fèves au lard, also called bines or haricots au lard,[1] is a traditional Québécois dish. It is usually beans mixed with pieces of bacon and either molasses or maple syrup that is then slow cooked in the oven. Sometimes other ingredients are added. Fèves au lard are usually served as a side during breakfast, but they can also be served as a side during lunch or supper and they can be served as a meal. Fèves au lard is a traditional dish presented at sugar shacks during le temps des sucres in Québec and other French-speaking regions of Canada.

A large portion of Fèves au lard.

French Canadian cuisine
Products Maple Maple syrup Maple butter Maple taffy Maple sugar Cheese Cheese curds Oka Ermite Drinks Wine Beer Ice cider Montreal Steak Spice
Dishes Betteraves marinées Cipâte Cretons Hot chicken Fèves au lard French Canadian pea soup Montréal bagel Montréal smoked meat Oreilles de crisse Pâté chinois Pâté au saumon Pizza-ghetti Poutine Steamies Tourtière
Desserts Date square Grands-pères Pets de sœurs Pouding chômeur St. Catherine's taffy Sucre à la crème Tarte au sucre
Acadian foods Fricot Ploye Poutine râpée Râpure
Regional Soupe aux gourganes Tourtière du Lac-Saint-Jean Quiaude

This dish was inspired by cultural exchanges between Québécois and New Englanders during the 19th century. It is believed that Boston baked beans directly inspired Fèves au lard. [2] It is also thought that this popular recipe, which uses small white beans, was what caused the gourgane bean to fall out of favour in Québec.