Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, fava beans and olives. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Fava Beans and Olives is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions every day. Fava Beans and Olives is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

The meaty Spanish olives and nutty fava beans are a great combination. Anchovies and chilli amplify the iron-y flavour of the beans. Lettuce and ricotta balance it out.

To get started with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fava beans and olives using 5 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Fava Beans and Olives:

1. Prepare 1 cup prepared* fresh fava beans
2. Take 1 cup green olives
3. Take 1 cup black olives
4. Get 1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
5. Make ready 1 clove garlic

This one, loaded with olive oil, lemon, garlic, cumin, and a kick of chili powder, is anything but. Serve it as a bean stew or mash up the beans and use it as a high octane dip. Fava beans are encased in a shell that's usually removed before cooking or eating—here in the U. S. and in France—but not in other areas where fava beans are widely consumed.

Steps to make Fava Beans and Olives:

1. ADD 20 minutes to prep if need to prepare fava beans. Directions below.
2. Mix all ingredients and add salt and red pepper flakes to taste.
3. I like to prepare this dish the day before and let the flavors slowly merge stirring occasionally. If marinating, bring to room temperature and serve.
4. *Shell approximately 20 medium beans. (approximately 2 lbs in shell)
5. Boil in salted water about one minute and drain.
6. Put beans in ice water and drain.
7. Slip off husks.

It's difficult to find dried fava beans in Central Florida, but I did find them plus dried lupini beans at the Portuguese Corner Store and Bakery in Palm Bay. Frozen fava beans are very different from the dried, you may want to use a different recipe for the frozen, to enjoy their texture and flavor. PLACE the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt and pepper in a jar with a screw-top lid and shake to combine. MIX together the prepared bulgur and fava beans, tomatoes, olives, scallions, feta, parsley and mint in a bowl. DRIZZLE in the dressing and toss gently to combine well.

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