Caramelized Onions & Fava Beans (Broad Beans)

Submitted by Bergy

"These beans are so delicious - fresh are best but they are a bit of a workup to clean & prepare. You may also use canned or frozen. Double or triple the recipe as you wish. Preparation time is for fresh beans - for canned or frozen it is apprx 15 minutes"

 

• Ready In: 1hr
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 2

ingredients

• 2 lbs fresh fava beans or 2 cups canned or frozen fava beans
• 1 large onion, cleaned and chopped
• 1 teaspoon butter
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped (or more)
• 4 tablespoons parmesan cheese, grated

directions

1. If you are using fresh- shell the beans, add to boiling water, cook for apprx 10 minutes, dash into cold water and remove outer membrane from each bean.
2. If you are using frozen ensure they are cooked.
3. Canned are ready as is.
4. Heat the oil& Butter in a skillet add onions and garlic saute over medium heat until the onions are golden brown apprx 20 minutes.
5. Add Fava beans, cook until heated through.
6. Place beans& Onions in an oven proof dish.
7. Sprinkle with cheese and broil until cheese is golden.
8. You may make this dish ahead up to where you add the beans to the onions, place beans and onions in casserole dish, sprinkle with cheese and 25 minutes before serving pop into a 350F oven, broil for last few minutes to brown the cheese.

Reviews

[trcapri]

This recipe was a great base recipe. I think it is my Portuguese tastebuds but you need also a little acid like lemon juice/flavored vinegar/red wine vinegar (I added lemon juice and quince vinegar after it tasted too bland) and some heat (I added paprika and a little sprinkle of red chiles after tasting too bland). The parmesan cheese was a very good addition as you wrote. As is, was too bland, but try adding the above and it tantalizes your tastebuds. Just only my opinion...Thank you!

 

[Charlee 2]

This is a good recipe, but I added a teaspoon of taragon to give it a little boost.

 

[Faux Cordon Bleu]

Thanks for this recipe. I'm not a huge fan of beans and this dish was rather time consuming to prepare, however, the flavor was excellent. I added a little red wine vinegar after serving which added a little more kick.

 

[angelina ballerina]

Really Reaaly Good. Was (strangely) out of parmesan so used a strong cheddar.... Worked really well and tasted great.

 

[Elisa72]

This was very good, but a little bland for our taste. Maybe more butter and cheese would liven it up.