Name: Fava Bean Purée with Thyme
Yield: Serve 4 to 6 unless otherwise stated.
Ingredients: Salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 tbsp coarse bread crumbs, fried in butter until brown and crisp; 2 tbsp softened butter; 2 shallots, roughly chopped; ⅔ cup heavy cream, lightly whipped; 3 cups shelled fresh fava beans; 2 tsp fresh thyme leaves

Preparation info

Serve
4 to 6
unless otherwise stated.

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies Obsessions

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1999

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Ingredients

3 cups shelled fresh fava beans
2 shallots, roughly chopped
2 tbsp <

Method

Cook the beans and shallots in boiling water until tender. Drain well, then purée with the softened butter, thyme, and salt and pepper to taste. Fold in sufficient cream to give the desired consistency and reheat very gently.

Put the purée into a warmed serving dish and sprinkle over the fried bread crumbs.