Fava Beans on Toast

Fava beans are one of our favorite signs of spring in Beaune, but they require a bit of attention: After removing the still-tough beans from their long, pretty shells, you have to cook them, then remove their fibrous pale green skins to reveal the soft, bright, sweet inner bean. (Even our littlest, Lou, is adept at the process.) It’s a project we look forward to each year, but Laurent teases us, because as he tells it, in the south of France, they chew through the shelled beans raw, skin an