"PeterL" ha scritto nel messaggio
>> The man I bought this from said it was used to mash beans for salad.>>>>
>> TIA
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> Was watching Rick Stein in the Mediterranean last night ....... he visited
> > an old lady who made him a dish of Fava beans mashed and mixed with >
> potato. It's a staple of the 'older' generation.
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> Fava beans are quite similar to broadbeans

They ARE broadbeans.

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Purea di fave is a specialty in Puglia, which is as far as you can get from
Venice and still be in Italy. It's made with dried fave and it purees
itself. They just fall apart. It's served as part of an antipasto, with a
thread of Pugliese oil over it. Stunning food, but no one would call it a
salad.