27 March 2017 // flaviabi
The original recipe wants dry fava beans, but I could not resist to the spring and I used fresh ones: so arm yourself with patience and start to peel!
400 grams of fresh fava beans
400 gr of wild chicory
1 clove of garlic
3 spring onions
Chili pepper
White wine
In a pan with extra virgin olive oil, put fresh onions cut into strips, saute’ slightly and add the shelled beans. Season with salt and pepper and cook for about half an hour, adding hald glass of hite wine and hot water if needed. Blanch the chicory in salted water, when it is cooked, drain and squeez. In a skillet with oil fry the garlic and saute’ the chicory, adding salt. Ready to bring to the table: blend half beans, create a nest with the chicory and put , in the center, the mashed beans, and whole beans to the side. In this case I added the Norcia ham, but also suggested with marinated anchovies.
Category Le verdure | Tags: chicory,cicoria,fava beans,fave,Flaviabi,ITALIAN FOOD,Top food,Umbria | No Comments
17 November 2012 // flaviabi
For 4 people:
300 gr. of spaghetti (see the recipe here)
200 gr. prawns
150 gr. cherry tomatoes
Half glass of white wine
Two tablespoons of cognac
150 gr. Of dried fava beans shelled
Fennel seeds or better yet fresh fennel flowers
1 clove of garlic
1 shallot
salt
Extra virgin olive oil (the new one!!)
chili
If you want make spaghetti, otherwise buy it ….. With holy patience shell the prawns and set aside their heads. Blanch the cherry tomatoes in boiling water and peel them. In a pan, sauté the shallots finely chopped and crushed garlic, pour the white wine and add the cherry tomatoes cut into small pieces. Season with salt and pepper and cook for 8-10 minutes add water if necessary. In another deep pan, boil dried fava beans in salted water and white wine until completely mashed, making sure to turn them to prevent them from sticking. At this point mix to obtain a homogeneous cream. Put the heads of the shrimp in a pan with water, salt and pepper and cook for 10 minutes, blend it and strain the mixture that you will add to the cooked cherry tomatoes. Another pan: put a little oil and cook the prawns for 3-4 minutes blending with cognac. We are ready to go: cook the pasta, and when ready sauté in the pan with cherry tomatoes and add the prawns. Put a generous tablespoon of cream of fava beans in the bottom of the pot, add the pasta and serve with a drizzle of olive oil and fennels seeds…. GOOD!
Category Primi piatti: pesce | Tags: fava beans,fave,home made pasta,mazzancolle,prawns,tagliatelle | No Comments
