Crop of the week is Broad Beans. They have been overwintered and are just delicious! I learnt this week, these are known as fava beans in America. I’d seen loads of references in American media but never knew what they were!
I love the soft, bed like inside of the pod, like a natural cotton wool.
Cooking:-
So far we have tried the conventional boiling – about 4 minutes in a pan. YUM!
And Sous Vide, the new kitchen favourite!
The beans were kept at 85° accidentally a little too long for 1.5hrs. I felt the colour was not great, they went slightly purpley/grey but flavour wise, fantastic, lovely and sweet with a great texture, sadly too busy eating to take pictures of this stage!
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