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Fresh Fava Beans

Serves: 2

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(Fabas)
Category: Bean Dishes
Makes about 1 cup fava beans; serves 4 to 6 as a garnish
Shelling then peeling fresh fabas (fava beans, or broad beans) is a tedious task, but it improves their texture. Fava beans are added to soups and stews. Mix them with fresh corn and sweet red peppers for a side dish or add them to green salads or white rice. This basic recipe describes how to cook and peel fresh fabas that are available seasonally in some supermarkets and farmer's markets in the United States. In Mexico, when fava beans are in season, great boxes and piles of the beans in their pods appear in public markets everywhere.


   1 pound unshelled fresh fava beans
   1/4 teaspoon salt, or to taste
   1 tablespoon olive oil


Shell the beans. In a large pot of boiling salted water cook the fabas until tender, 12 to 15 minutes. Drain and cool under running water. Remove the thin outer skin by pinching the beans; the skins usually slip off easily. Put the peeled beans in a bowl. Add salt and oil. The beans are ready to use.

From "1,000 Mexican Recipes." Copyright 2001 by Marge Poore. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

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