Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, fava beans and broccoli rape pasta. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

In a large pot bring water to a boil. Broccolini, fava beans, and sun-dried tomatoes are a comforting combination in this vegetarian pasta dish. Broccoli rabe (also known as broccoli de rape and rapini) looks similar to the broccoli we all know, but it has pencil-thin stalks, lots of leaves, and tiny florets.

Fava beans and broccoli rape pasta is one of the most favored of recent trending foods on earth. It is appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Fava beans and broccoli rape pasta is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook fava beans and broccoli rape pasta using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Fava beans and broccoli rape pasta:

1. Get 1 Cup frozen shelled fava beans
2. Get 3 Cups cleaned Broccoli rape
3. Take 4 crushed garlic cloves
4. Prepare 3 anchovie fillets in oil
5. Make ready 1/4 cup olive oil
6. Take 1/2 cup Parmesan cheese
7. Prepare 1 lb fusilli pasta (1 box)
8. Take 2 Tbls salt

Fava beans have a short growing season. In most parts of the country they're at their peak right now. Spoon the soup into bowls, drizzle with olive oil and serve, passing the cheese at the table. While there, surprisingly fava beans were in season, ( so early!) and a small restaurant we loved featured them in a fresh pasta dish.

Steps to make Fava beans and broccoli rape pasta:

1. In a large pot bring water to a boil. In the meanwhile trim the broccoli rape by snapping stems off, leaving florets and about an inch of a stem with a leave.
2. Blanch the broccoli(no more than 1 min) in the boiling water and set aside. Keep the same water for cooking your pasta. - In a large pan heat the oil and add anchovies and garlic, simmer until anchovies melt.
3. Add the broccoli rape and fava beans into the pan and stir until well incorporated. When your pasta will be cooked (al dente!) with the slotted spoon add your pasta to the pan with broccoli and fava bean mixture
4. Mix well, add half cup pasta water and keep mixing on a high heat for about a minute. Shut off the heat and add Parmesan cheese and extra olive oil. Mix well and serve.

I've been dreaming about that pasta ever since and waiting for the fava beans to arrive here. Finally, they appeared at the farmers market the other day…so exciting! Note: You can use canned fava beans if fresh are not in season. If you do use from a can, then you can add garlic, beans, and tomatoes in at the same time. Add pasta to the sauce and combine well.

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