Fave con il pecorino

Name: Fave con il pecorino (Raw fava beans with pecorino cheese)
Cuisine: Italy
Ingredients: Freshly picked young fava beans in their pods; Young pecorino cheese, preferably pecorino romano

Raw fava beans with pecorino cheese

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Popes, Peasants and Shepherds

By Oretta Zanini de Vita

Published 2013

About

The first sweet, tender fava beans of spring are always eaten raw.

Ingredients

Freshly picked young fava beans in their pods
Young pecorino cheese, preferably pecorino romano

Europe
Italy
Side dish
Spring
Mediterranean
Gluten-free
Vegetarian

Method

Set out the fava beans, still in their pods. Break the pecorino into chunks with an almond-shaped cheese knife and place alongside the beans. Each person shells his or her own beans. There is no need to skin the individual beans.