Fava Bean Purée
Origin: Buenos Aires
Source: María E.A. de Fuentes, 1890
Ingredients
- large fava beans
- water
- salt
- butter
- pepper
- 1 spoonful flour
- parsley
- cebolletas (spring onions)
- broth
Instructions
- Peel the large fava beans and cook them in a pot with water and salt.
- After a quarter hour's boiling, drain them, plunge them into cold water to turn them green again, then drain once more.
- In a pan, combine a piece of butter with pepper, salt and a spoonful of flour.
- Add the beans with a bunch of parsley and cebolletas (spring onions), and moisten with broth.
- Boil half an hour, then pass through a sieve to extract the pulp.
- Stir in a little butter and serve.