Fava Beans Supreme

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 2 cups cooked peeled fava beans
• 1 teaspoon lite olive oil
• 1/2 cup sweet onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1/2 cup fresh tomato, chopped
• 1 teaspoon hot pepper flakes (optional) or 1 fresh jalapeno pepper, chopped (optional)
• 2 teaspoons chopped parsley (for garnish) (optional)

Recipe

• 1 shell the fava beans and boil in lightly salted water for about 6 minutes.
• 2 cool the beans in cold water and remove outer skin on each bean (if you are using canned beans omit these first steps and go right to the next one).
• 3 place fava beans in a well buttered heatproof dish (for vegan use a veggie oil spray to coat the dish).
• 4 saute onion, garlic & tomato in the oil (add hot peppers if using) until just soft.
• 5 pour over the beans & cover with foil.
• 6 bake in 350f degrees oven for 15 minutes.
• 7 remove foil, sprinkle with parmesan cheese.
• 8 bake under broiler for a few min until cheese is golden.
• 9 serve.
• 10 you may wish to mix some bread crumbs with the parmesan or use buttered crumbs as a topping.
• 11 do whatever appeals to your taste buds!