Category: Snacks

Fava Snacks

Ingredients:

These are very simple and satisfying.
Rinse and soak two cups of split fava beans overnight in water to cover.
The next day, bring them quickly to the boil over high heat. Reduce the fire to a medium heat and cook for five minutes, skimming off the coalescing froth as necessary with a small sieve.
Drain thoroughly in a colander, saving the cooking liquid for inclusion in some other dish.
While the beans are still hot, put them back in their pot and add a tablespoon of olive oil. Stir with a wooden spoon until all the beans are coated with the oil.
Sprinkle a half teaspoon of sea salt over the beans and add a tablespoon of balsamic vinegar. Stir once again with the wooden spoon.
Spread the beans out in an enameled,* ceramic or glass baking dish and bake in a preheated medium oven for half an hour. Turn them once, halfway through the baking period, with a spatula.
Serve hot, on a napkin with cocktails; or spring them, mixed with raisins and almonds, on your hiking companion when it starts to rain.

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