Lis bought fresh fava beans at Russo’s. We were supposed to have them later in the week, but I was so excited at the prospect that we had to have them tonight. Plus they go really well with beef.
Did you know that fava beans are the only old-world (European-native) bean? The rest came from Asia (soy), Africa (black-eyed peas) or the Americas (most of the others).
Poor fava beans. I, like many other people in my generation, cannot hear the words “fava beans” without automatically thinking, “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice chianti. Fptfptfptfpt.”
It was flank steak, not liver. And zinfandel, not chianti. I actually don’t think they’d go too well with liver unless stewed in oil with a lot of garlic.