Creme De Favas / Portuguese Fava (Broad) Bean Soup

Submitted by kiwidutch

"I picked up a second hand book called Portuguese Cookery by Ursula Bourne, and want to post recipes that I have adapted so that I can make them soonest. If you make this before I do I would very much appreciate your feedback."

 

• Ready In: 30mins
• Ingredients: 6
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 lb shelled fava beans (broad beans, 450g)
• 1 pint chicken stock (2 cups)
• olive oil
• salt (to taste)
• pepper (to taste)
• 1 cup crouton

directions

1. Skin the fava beans (broad beans) and cook them in the chicken stock until they are soft and cooked though.
2. Blend, sieve or liquidize, the cooked mixture adding as little olive oil as possible to get a smooth consistency. Add pepper and salt to taste.
3. Serve topped with croutons.

Reviews

[Christina Tenazinha]

I am coming into this conversation very late in the day I know but if Kiwidutch if you are still interested in this soup. I will tell you how I make it in Portugal. Firstly use fresh favas with a good pinch of sea salt and if you have a pressure cooker cook them in that. I bring the cooker up to boiling and then switch off. Then once the pressure has gone down I sieve the liquid to remove all the skins from the favas. Add pepper to taste at the end of cooking. It should not need any extra favouring. Although I do know people who add a bit of cream at the time of serving it.

 

[White Rose Child]

This makes a VERY thick, creamy soup. My dried fava beans cooked up so fast, they turned to mush and I didn't even need to blend it!! Not using chicken broth, I added a couple cloves of crushed garlic, veggie broth powder, some paprika and about 1/4 tsp of salt. Not overly exciting, but a good soup all the same. I'd like to try it with roasted garlic and maybe some other traditional Portuguese seasonings. Thanks for posting! Update: I want to add this is VERY good with garlic croutons!