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

[Olwen the Odd]

I won did this dish for Trial by Fire competion a few years ago.  It was
fabulous.  As I recall, I won in that division with this dish.
Olwen

>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


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