Riso con le Fave Verdi

Fava beans, fave, also known as broad beans, are grown and eaten all over central and southern Italy. I saw several generations of Sicilian families sitting together on their front steps in Vallelunga, talking and shelling peas and fava beans. Some they used for recipes like this one, and others they saved by stuffing them into freezer bags. In some cases the women collect the favas when they have dried on the plant, shell them, and leave them to dry longer. If they shell fresh favas