Recipe for July: fava bean stew

Cooking fava beans

Ingredients for 4 people.

Ingredients:

500 g dried fava beans
1 large onion
3 leeks
half medium pumpkin
2 courgettes
6 carrots
300 g tender beans
1 bunch of spinach
1 bunch of Swiss chard
medium cabbage medium
water and bicarbonate
olive oil
salt
good pepper
sweet allspice

We put the fava beans in water and a little bicarbonate the night before. The next morning we strain them. In a large pot, put oil and some of the raw vegetables cut into squares: the onion, the leeks, the pumpkin, the carrot, the courgette and the beans.

Add the fava beans and the leafy vegetables (spinach, Swiss chard and cabbage, cut into pieces). Add water and bring to a boil.

Let it cook for approximately 1 hour on medium heat, and season with salt, pepper and sweet pepper.

Recipe source: Cati Pons, The Square Stoves (Donut)

You can consult the other recipes at the entrance of the Calendar 2021.

July 1, 2021