Fresh Fava Beans with Pecorino Cheese

Name: Fresh Fava Beans with Pecorino Cheese
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Ingredients: 3 pounds fresh (young fava beans (about 2 cups)); 1 cup diced pecorino cheese; 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil; Salt to taste; Freshly ground black pepper (to taste)

Jamie Geller Test Kitchens • May 3, 2010 (Updated: Aug 20, 2019)Comment Jump to Recipe

Fresh Fava Beans with Pecorino Cheese

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

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Ingredients

3 pounds fresh young fava beans (about 2 cups)
1 cup diced pecorino cheese
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
Salt to taste
Freshly ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

1 Shell fava beans and discard the pods. Parboil the fava beans in boiling water, about 5 minutes. Cool and pop them out of their skins.2 Just before serving, spoon the fava beans and pecorino into a bowl. Drizzle with the extra virgin olive oil and add salt and pepper, to taste.3 Spoon into serving bowls or cups.
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Comments

Tamar Genger MA, RD

May 22, 2013 at 1:12 am

I buy my Pecorino from the Cheese Guy – they sell it at Fairway in NY and he is usually at the Sunday Farmer’s market in Riverdale.

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Damirano

May 20, 2013 at 5:24 pm

Where do you get kosher pecorino cheese?

Also, can you really de-pod and de-skin three pounds of favas in 10 minutes, including boiling and cooling time? I think you should re-time this one.

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