Braised Broad (Fava) Beans (Fave Stufate)
Recipe: #44590
May 12, 2025
Categories: Side Dishes, Beans, Garlic, Onions, Italian, Brunch Easter, Romantic Dinner, Sunday Dinner, more
"From a well well loved and old Cookbook, which my darling Mum gave to me years ago."
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (335.7 g)
- Calories 268.9
- Total Fat - 19.7 g
- Saturated Fat - 6.3 g
- Cholesterol - 14.8 mg
- Sodium - 275.4 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 20.4 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.7 g
- Sugars - 9.7 g
- Protein - 6.5 g
- Calcium - 97.3 mg
- Iron - 2.7 mg
- Vitamin C - 29.9 mg
- Thiamin - 0.2 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Shell the beans and put into a bowl of cold water and leave for 15 minutes to soften.
Step 2
Meanwhile finely chop the onion and garlic, de seed the chilli and finely chop.
Step 3
Heat the oil & lard in a deep pan, add the chopped ingredients (onion, garlic and chilli) and cook over a low heat for a few minutes, to cook to translucent but not to brown color.
Step 4
Pour in the stock & add the drained beans; cover with a lid and stirring from time to time until the beans are tender (this will take about 20 minutes).
Step 5
Taste and adjust the seasoning & serve hot with a sprinkle of parsley.
Tips
No special items needed.