Name: Stewed Baby Artichokes with Fava Beans and Peas
Prep time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: Makes 4 servings
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: Salt and black pepper to taste; 1 cup shelled fresh peas; 1 cup fresh small fava or lima beans; 4 to 8 baby artichokes, trimmed of any hard parts and cut into quarters or eighths; 4 spring onions, trimmed and quartered, or 12 scallions, trimmed and cut into 2- or 3-inch lengths; ⅓ cup extra virgin olive oil; 1 fresh tarragon sprig, optional; ½ cup chicken stock, preferably homemade, or as needed

Preparation info

Makes
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
1 hr

Appears in

The Best Recipes in the World

By Mark Bittman

Published 2005

About

This is a classic combination of Italian spring vegetables, but it’s also a template for stewing any fresh veggies you like in olive oil. If you cannot get small artichokes—those so small they have no choke, so you can simply trim and quarter them—use frozen artichoke hearts. If you cannot get favas, use limas; here, too, frozen are okay, and the same with peas. This stew makes a good sauce for cut pasta, like penne.

Other vegetables you can prepare this way: This is nearly a univer