Fava

On my 40th birthday a guy named Paul brought me a bottle of homemade wine and a grocery bag full of fava beans.  I tried the wine, and didn't like it.  I tried the fava beans, and have been singing their praises ever since.  They taste the way spring makes me feel.  

So on my way home from the Sonoma Coast yesterday, I stopped at a roadside shop and bought myself 3 pounds of the ginormous fava pods.  Today I opened them, and slipped the tender little beans from their velvety pouch.  Then I blanched them, and removed the sweet green goodness from the shell.

Good God.  They were amazing.  If you need a recipe, try this one.  

Comments

[Wexfordgirl]

silky softy velvelty pouch!