[Sca-cooks] Unexpected bounty has me in a quandry--Help....

[phoenissa at netscape.net]

I tried this for the first time last weekend, and it was fabulous!

Platina (De Honesta etc.), Book VII, recipe 32
Broad beans in the frying pan
In a frying pan well greased with fat or oil, fry broad beans which are cooked and softened with onions, figs, sage, and several other garden herbs, and put on a plank or disc spread in the form of a cake, and cover with spices.

I didn't add other herbs, and the spices I used were salt, pepper, cinnamon, and ginger (not very creative, I know); I also made it in really small quantities, about a cup of beans to half an onion, 3 small green figs, and about 10-12 sage leaves (chopped small).  It was really good :-)

Vittoria



>----- Original Message -----
>
>> While shopping for groceries for our Harvest Court feast next weekend, I
>> was thrilled to find for-real, fresh fava beans at a local store.  I now
>> own a biggish bag of them, but I'm not sure which recipes I'd like to
>> play with. So I'm asking the list...which are your favorite recipes that
>> include fava beans???
>> --Maire, ready to play with food.....
>> [oops, that sounded bad....oh, well ;-P)


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