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.