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Broad Beans
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Recipes4us
How to prepare Fresh Broad Beans and How to cook Fresh Broad Beans.
Broad Bean Recipes |
Growing Broad
Beans |
What's In Season
More
Vegetables - Prep & Cooking times
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Common
Name: |
Broad Beans , Fava Beans |
| Family: |
Fabaceae |
| In
Season: |
June - September
(best) |
| Buying: |
Choose crisp, moist and smaller pods
which are not bulging and are undamaged. |
| Storing: |
In a cool, dry place for up to 3 days |
| Allowances: |
150g/+5oz per person |
General
- Preparing Fresh Broad beans
Whilst the whole pods of very young specimens can be
eaten much like mange touts, usually the outer pods of fresh broad
beans are too tough to
eat, so the beans need to be removed from the shell and cooked
on their own. Wash in cold water. All but the youngest early-season
broad beans are best
blanched in boiling water for 1 minute. Drain immediately then make
a nick in the top of each bean and slip out of the pale outer skin
revealing the deep green bean. Cook for a further 3-4
minutes. Alternatively, you can cook the beans in boiling
water for 5-8 minutes if you don't mind eating the skin.
Optional
Preparations/Cuts (see Main Vegetable Preparation Page for
explanations and photos)
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Baton |
Brunoise |
Chunk |
Cube |
Dice/chop |
Grate |
Julienne |
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x |
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Matchsticks |
Mashed |
Paysanne |
Puréed |
Shred |
Slice |
Sulfrino |
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Y |
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Y |
x |
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x |
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Cooking times and suitable
methods
for cooking Broad Beans
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Bake/Roast |
x |
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Boil |
y |
4 - 8 minutes
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Fry/Sauté |
x |
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Microwave |
x |
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Steam |
y |
5 -
10 minutes |
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Stuff |
x |
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