Mashed Favas (broad Beans) & Greens
"This is originally from the "How to cook Everything" cookbook by Mark Bittman but I have tweeked it a bit.. It is a really tasty recipe and ever so easy to do once you are at the stage of having the cooked cleaned Fava beans."
photo by Sackville
- Ready In:
- 20mins
- Ingredients:
- 4
- Serves:
-
2
ingredients
- 2 2 cups canned fava beans or 2 cups frozen fava beans
- 3⁄4 3/4 lb kale or 3/4 lb mustard greens, your choice
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons garlic, minced
directions
- Shuck the fresh beans, put in boiling water for apprx 10 minutes, dash with cold and remove outer membrane from each bean.
- If using frozen check that they are already cooked, if not follow instructions.
- Canned are ready as is, drained.
- Coursely mash the fava beans.
- I used a fork, you do not want to puree them just mash a bit.
- If using Collards for the greens pre boil for 20 minutes, squeeze when cooked to get as much moisture out as possible, coarsely chop.
- With other greens wash them and allow the water to cling to the leaves.
- Coarsely chop.
- Pour half the oil into a skillet using medium heat saute the chopped garlic, stir, cook until it starts to color, apprx 5 minutes.
- Add Favas, stir& heat through.
- Add greens, cover, allow the greens to wilt 3 minutes,and serve.
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Reviews
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Love the fact that both these vegetables are ready fresh in the garden at the same time. Added a little onion and thoroughly enjoyed my precious favas. -
A great, easy recipe. I made it to toss with pasta but it would go wonderfully as a side to meat or fish as well or possibly even as a base for soup. I used kale and fresh fava beans. -
I love this recipe! This is one of my favorite vegetarian stand-bys for a quick nutritional pick-me-up. I don't ususally have to mash the beans before cooking, but I use canned beans: They have a tendency to disintegrate from stirring while cooking. I also start out this dish with a bit of sauteed minced onion for added sweetness.
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Bergy
Small town in the Okanagan, B.C.
On January 10 2010 I will celebrate 9 years of Life with Zaar. I can't imagine being without it! It has become part of my daily routine.
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