Fava Bean Pesto is a creamy and flavorful sauce, perfect for pasta, crostini, to accompany meat and fish dishes, or to fill appetizers. It is quickly prepared by blending fresh fava beans with a few other ingredients, resulting in an intensely green and delicately flavored cream.
Fava Bean Pesto is a fresh and tasty spring sauce, originating from Liguria. It is a variant of the classic Genoese pesto, where fava beans replace the basil. Originally, it was mainly used to season dry bread, but over time it has also become a pasta condiment.
The creamy texture and fresh taste make it an ideal condiment for the spring season. We absolutely love it!!
Let’s see together how to prepare the recipe for Fava Bean Pesto. Get the ingredients ready as we begin.
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Gabriella
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- Difficulty: Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 8
- Cooking methods: No cooking
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring
Ingredients
- 14 oz fava beans (fresh with pod – 3.5 oz shelled)
- 1 clove garlic (without the germ)
- 5 leaves basil (or fresh mint)
- 1 oz pecorino cheese
- 0.7 oz parmesan cheese
- 1/3 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1.5 oz walnuts (or pine nuts, almonds, or hazelnuts)
- 1 pinch coarse salt
Tools
- 1
- 1 Jar
Steps
First, open the pods and extract the fava beans. If the beans are large, you can blanch them for a minute in boiling salted water and then cool them in cold water to remove the outer skin more easily.
In a mixer or blender, put the fava beans, pecorino, parmesan, walnuts (or pine nuts, almonds ..), garlic (without the germ), basil (or mint), and salt. Start blending while gradually adding extra virgin olive oil until you obtain a homogeneous cream.
Adjust the salt if necessary and add more oil. The fava bean pesto is ready to season pasta, crostini, or to accompany meat and fish dishes. Enjoy!
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Storage
You can store the Fava Bean Pesto in the refrigerator for a couple of days, covered with a layer of oil.
Tips and Suggestions
– Choosing fava beans: choose fresh and tender fava beans, preferably in season.
– To make it easier to remove the skin from the fava beans, you can blanch them for a minute in salted water.
– Vary the amount of ingredients according to your taste.
– Vary the amount of ingredients according to your taste.
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