Friday, March 25, 2011

December: the Broad Bean Queen

I adore broad beans. This love of broad beans is inherited from my father, who didnt each much, and most things he ate were unusual. For the second year this year, I planted dwarf broad beans and they all grew magnificently. this picture shows the harvest from one weekend.
Podding for around three hours produced these fresh tender beans, which I then cooked for 3 minutes in boiling water


The shells from the beans. These taste great too! David doesn't think so, so out they go.

The lush beans without their skins. Fabulous in pasta, tossed in butter or mashed


These are the beans mashed with pesto

this version has fresh virgin olive oil and lemon zest added

Another favourite is mashed with roasted skinned red pepper and olive oil
these mashes can be served as dips, or alongside slow roasted lamb.

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