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Fresh Baby Fava Beans and Pecorino Cheese Salad
“Fagioli: The Bean Cuisine of Italy” by Judith Barrett (Rodale Books, 2004)

Ingredients:

2 pounds fresh fava beans in their pods 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil Salt and freshly ground black pepper 8 ounces mildly aged Parmesan or Asiago cheese

Instructions:

Bring a medium saucepan of water to a boil. Shell the fava beans. Drop the beans into the boiling water and cook exactly 1 minute. Drain and rinse under cold water. Peel the skins from the beans. Arrange fava beans on each of 4 serving plates. Drizzle with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Shave the cheese using a vegetable peeler and spread over the beans.

Serves 4.

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