Pasta con fave combines fresh fava beans and Parmesan cheese
We also love serving them with young Pecorino cheese, diced, and tossed with olive oil, salt and pepper, or in salads garnished with fresh grated Parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
- 1 onion chopped
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 1 cup shelled fava beans
- 8 ounces fettuccini pasta cooked
- ¼ cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Sauté onions in olive oil
- Boil fava beans 5 minutes, cool and slip off outer skin, retain liquid.
- Add fava beans to sautéed onion with ½ cup fava bean liquid.
- Simmer for 5 minutes. Add cooked pasta and Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper to taste.
