Fava bean
Pronounced: FAH-vuh
Nutrition
A tan flat bean which looks like an overgrown lima bean. The large pod is inedible, unless very young. Habas are dried fava beans with the skins removed.
Plural
Fava beans
Season
available year-round
How to select
Available dried, canned or fresh. Choose fresh fava beans that are not bulding with beans.
How to prepare
Blanch them first to remove the tough, inedible outer shell.
Matches well with
bacon, butter, cilantro, cream, garlic, ham, leeks, lemon, mushrooms, olive oil, parsley, Pecorino cheese, rosemary, sage, salt, savory, spinach, thyme, vinaigrette
Substitutions
fava beans = baby lima beans = soybeans