Fresh fava bean salad, a very simple, light, and nutritious dish, which I enriched with cheese and pan-fried golden croutons. Having very fresh and tender fava beans available, I used them raw, but if you prefer, you can cook them for a few minutes in boiling water and possibly peel them. This salad is tasty and quick to prepare, great for a nice spring menu, also to be served as an appetizer in small portions. Try the recipe, you can add other seasonal vegetables and aromatic herbs!
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- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Economical
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: 2People
- Cooking methods: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: Spring
- Energy 300.56 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 23.85 (g) of which sugars 2.98 (g)
- Proteins 17.99 (g)
- Fat 14.42 (g) of which saturated 7.21 (g)of which unsaturated 4.48 (g)
- Fibers 4.50 (g)
- Sodium 641.44 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 100 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
- 2 slices rustic bread
- 3.5 oz fava beans (fresh, shelled)
- 2.5 oz Parmigiano Reggiano DOP (or pecorino)
- 4 radishes
- lettuce (a few leaves)
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
- pepper
Tools
- Bowl
- Skillet
Preparation
Cut the bread into cubes. Heat a non-stick skillet with a drizzle of oil, add the bread and brown it for a few minutes until it becomes crispy.
Transfer it to a paper towel so it loses excess oil.
Wash a few leaves of lettuce, dry them, and tear them coarsely.
Cut the cheese into cubes or shavings. I used Parmigiano, but pecorino or another aged cheese works well too.
Wash the radishes well and slice them thinly.
Now take a large bowl (or two small ones), arrange the lettuce, radishes, shelled fava beans, cheese, and bread croutons.
Dress with extra virgin olive oil, ground black pepper, a pinch of salt, and mix everything. If desired, you can add a few mint leaves.
Your fresh fava bean salad with cheese and croutons is ready, excellent as an appetizer or a light second course.
Tips and Notes
If you do not like raw fava beans, you can blanch them in slightly salted water for 5 minutes.
Instead of aged cheese, you can use feta cut into cubes.
You can add a few slices of red Tropea onion. You can omit the radishes if you do not like them.
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