Garlicky Broad Bean Puree with Salad Leaves

The humble broad bean can be a divisive ingredient; when I posted a photo of a brown paper bag of these glorious green goddesses on my Instagram account, around a quarter of the comments I received were from haters, and I must admit, I used to be one of them. As a child, I was occasionally served broad beans, cooked in chewy, barely digestible pods, and it took me until well into adulthood to even go near them again. And then I discovered ‘double-podding’. Not just slipping them from their