Trio of Rices and Beans with Fresh Apricots

Ingredients

• chopped fresh oregano (2 bunches)
  1 cup
• chopped fresh thyme (2 bunches)
  ½ cup
• fresh rosemary

  leaves stripped and chopped
  3 sprigs
• dried white beans

  soaked in cold water to cover 3 to 24 hours, then drained
  4 cups
• vegetable broth or water
  7 cups
• fresh apricots

  pitted and cut into 4 to 6 pieces each
  24 unit
• celery

  cut into small diagonal pieces
  2 bunches
• finely chopped fresh chervil (6 bunches)
  3 cups
• sherry vinegar
  2 cups
• minced garlic
  2 tbsp
• vegetable oil
  3¼ cups
• leeks (white part only)

  rinsed well and finely diced
  5 unit